User`s guide

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From: Rubywand, M Kelsey, Mark, Glynne Tolar
020- How can I connect my Imagewriter II to a PC?
You can do Text printouts from your PC to IW-II by selecting the C-Itoh 8510
as your printer in Windows 3.1 up through at least ME. (Just go to settings:
printers: new and select the c-itoh 8510.) The connection from the IW-II must go
to a serial port-- e.g. COM-1 or COM-2.
The cabling information shown below is from the the Imagewriter II manual.
It's the connection to an RS-232C port. Including pin 5 in the jumpered pins on
the 25-pin side is an addition. I'm not sure how important it may be. Perhaps it
is added to allow diagnostic testing.)
If you make your own, you need an 8 pin mini-DIN circular male connector, a
DB25 female connector, and 5-conductor shielded cable. Up to 20 meters should be
OK.
Cable details as follows...
8 pin 25 pin
DTR 1 --------- *- 5 CTS * 5,6,8 are jumpered
*- 6 DSR together at db25 end.
*- 8 DCD
DSR 2 --------- 20 DTR
TD- 3 --------- 3 RD
SG 4 **------- 7 SG
RD+ 8 **
** 4 and 8 are
jumpered
together
at 8-pin end.
RD- 5 --------- 2 TD
Connector SHIELD or pin 1 (PG)
connected to cable shield
on DB25 end. (Only one end of
the cable shield needs to be
connected to the connector shield.)
One alternative is to use a IIe (SSC) to IW-II cable (part #590-0335) plus
a standard NULL modem cable plus any gender changer connector (or 25 to 9
changer) necessary to connect to the PC COM port you want.
The standard basic NULL modem 'cable' (or 'adapter') is two Dsub 25-pin
female sockets, call them "A" and "B", wired back-to-back as follows (arrows
indicate signal direction):