Msg: 1149 *Conference*
12-22-91 02:11:53
From: LEX JENKINS
To : ALL
Subj: PRINTER LINK
Here's a project I'm working on. I'm looking for suggestions, and I plan to share the results (or lack thereof) after a little experimenting. My office has an HP LaserJet 2, with PC's hooked up to the parallel port. I use my 102 at the office, and would rather switch than fight, so I hook up the 25-pin RS232 ports, switch the LaserJet menu from parallel to serial (thus hogging the printer for myself, much to everyone else's consternation and my amusement), and fire away at 19,200 baud. Pretty cool, but I weary of walking all the way across the office to perform this task. Also, since I've got a Booster Pak on my 102 with an internal 1200 baud modem hooked to the RS232 port, I'm a bit concerned about wearing out and loosening the pins/sockets. So here's my plan: install a Y-connector "permanently" to my 102's serial port, leave the modem hooked to one, and one of Radio Shack's RS232-to-four wire phone jack adapters to the other side of the "Y", then connect another adapter to the LaserJet's serial port, borrow one of the many four-wire phone lines that already litter my office, and presto! (I hope.) Before I reinvent the wheel, has anyone already tried this? Happy holidays and a much better '92! Lex