From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sun Apr 03 2005 - 10:21:22 PDT
On Apr 3, 2005, at 9:49 AM, Adriano wrote:
<snip>
> if you want to print directly from the MessagePad/eMate, the Newton
> printer cable is what you need.
> All the printers you have was standard when this cable was produced.
> The Newton printer cable got a Mac 8din connector on a side and a
> parallel connector on the other.
This is wrong. You can print to a stylewriter or stylewriter II or to
any Apple postscript printer that has a mini din 8 port (just like the
newton dongle round end), via a regular old apple printer cable (the
one your imagewriter uses).
> In the parallel connector is installed a special chip with drivers
> flashed into.
Adriano is describing the print pack cable which allows for printing to
a wider array of parallel printers...
Good Luck,
Marty
PS the LPR driver that Woody mentions will only print to LPR capable
printers or through another computer running an LPR spool...
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