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AG-2 Printing to a Mac-only HP DeskWriter® from a Windows® PC®
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Serial Port Settings
The DeskWriter series communicates at 57,600 baud and with
hardware handshaking.
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Therefore the serial communications
(COM) port used on the PC must be configured appropriately.
After the printer has been installed, you'll need to change Bits per
second to 57600 and Flow control to Hardware under
Properties → Details → Port Settings (Windows 98) for the
selected printer (HP DeskWriter 660C):
Figure 7: Serial Port Settings
Presto! You should now be able to print to your DeskWriter from
Windows. And at 57,600bps, it's pretty quick, too!
Drivers Details – Windows XP
Similar to the situation with Windows 98, the most obvious
"nearest" driver supplied with Windows XP – the driver for the
DeskJet 660C – does not work as well as the driver supplied for
the DeskJet 640C/642C/648C. Additionally, it's possible to choose
a serial port directly when configuring adding the printer. The
procedure is outlined below.