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Serial printing does not work
Verify that the serial cable is properly connected.
Be sure that your baud rate, parity, and emulation are set correctly. (See "Setting Serial
Communication Parameters" in Appendix B.)
If you are using a serial cable provided by a vendor other than ENCAD, be sure that the
pinouts match those in Appendix B. If the non-ENCAD serial cable is not working, order
ENCAD cable 203977 (for MAC and Unix systems).
Be sure that your serial cable does not exceed the maximum length of 25 ft.
Problems connecting to a Macintosh workstation
Use the Macintosh chooser level drivers provided by our third-party developers. These
drivers generally provide their own cable or parallel cards. One of these drivers is
PowerPlot by GDT Softworks (refer to the Software Support Matrix). This is a raster
driver similar to MacPlot Raster, but it includes a cable that converts serial to parallel.
This cable is connected to the Macintosh's printer port (serial) and to the printer's
parallel port.
Serial RS-232/422 Connection
The printer uses an ImageWriter II cable with a 8 pin DIN connector on the printer end.
Parallel Connection
Use the Creative Solutions Centronics board which is available from a Macintosh
computer store.
No output when printing from Unix
If you encounter "no output" problems when printing from Unix, try the following:
1. Check the printer hardware.
Check that the printer is plugged in and turned on.
Check that the cable is connected to the port on the printer and the port on the
workstation or server.
· Check that the cable is the correct cable and is not defective.
· If the printer is connected to a serial port, make sure the cable supports
hardware flow control. A NULL modem adapter needs to support this.
· Check that hardware switches for the port are correctly set.
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