NetWare 4.1/9000 Print Services

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Cabling Printers
Preparing Serial Cables
Preparing Serial Cables
This section recommends some techniques for connecting serial printers to
NetWare queues. For more information about serial printing, refer to
Appendix D of the NetWare Print Services guide, Part No. 100-001419-001.
That appendix contains some general rules and standard limitations of
parallel and serial printing.
Generally, personal computers have either a male 9-pin (DB9) or male 25-
pin (DB25) serial port. Serial printers generally have a female 25-pin serial
port. Pinouts for both DB9 and DB25 ports are listed in the tables below.
Printers Using Software (XOn/XOff) Handshaking
Computer with DB25 port Printer with DB25 port
23
32
77
4-5-6-8
Computer with DB9 port Printer with DB25 port
22
32
57
4-5-6-8