Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AG-2 HP (Hewlett-Packard)
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AG-2 Assembly Guide 750 Naples Street • San Franc isco, C A 94112 • (415) 584-6360 • http:// www.pumpki ninc.c om create d by Andre w E. K alman on Aug 19 , 2000 update d on Fe b 21, 2 006 All trademarks me ntioned herein are properties of t heir respective companies.
Assembly Guide 2 AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® though -style cable. The pinout can be found by opening the PI CT resources of the Apple Modem Tool with ResEdit: Figure 1: Modem Cable Pinout (from Apple). Differs from Serial Printe r Cab le Pin o u t.
Assembly Guide AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® 3 DB-9 connector and hood, available at man y electronics stores for a combined cost of around $10.
Assembly Guide 4 AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® More Advice on Cabling Assuming you already have a Mac modem cable (DB-25-to-mini- DIN-8), what you need is also a null-modem cable "inline" on your way to connecting the printer to your PC.
Assembly Guide AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® 5 4.00, using hpdskjtb.drv , will provide c olor an d B&W output to the DeskWriter 660C, all ows supports serial printing, but the color output is of very poor qualit y and the driver properties are ver y limited.
Assembly Guide 6 AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® Figure 5: D eskJet 640C P rinter D river In stalled Now change the printer' s Port selection to be the approp.
Assembly Guide AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® 7 Serial Port Set tings The DeskWrit er series communicates at 57,60 0 baud and with hardware handshaking . 6 Therefore the seri al communicat ions ( COM ) port used on the PC must be configured a ppropriatel y.
Assembly Guide 8 AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® Under Start → Printers and Fax es , chose Add a printer to launch the Add P rinte r Wizard : Figure 8: Add Printer Wiza rd Click on Next . Select Lo cal printer at tached to this computer : Figure 9: Selecting a Local Pr inter Click on Next .
Assembly Guide AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® 9 Figure 10: Choosing the Seria l Port Click on Next . Under Manufacturer select HP and under Printers select HP DeskJet 640C/642C/648C : Figure 1 1: Select ing the Print er Driv er Click on Next .
Assembly Guide 10 AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® Figure 12: Naming the Printer Click on Next . Decide whether you'll be sharing your printer across a network, and m ake the appropriate sele ction: Figure 13: Choosing to Shar e the Printer Click on Next .
Assembly Guide AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® 11 Figure 14: Avoiding the Test Page for Now Click on Next . The Add Printer Wizard will dis play a summary page: Figure 15: Add Printe r Wizard S u mmary Page Click on Finish to complete the driver installation.
Assembly Guide 12 AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® Figure 1 6: Prin ter aft er Succes sful In stallat ion Serial Port Set tings The DeskWrit er series communicates at 57,60 0 baud and with hardware handshaking . Therefore the se rial communications ( COM ) port used on the PC must be configured a ppropriatel y.
Assembly Guide AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® 13 Figure 18: Avoiding the Test Page for Now Click on OK . The printer is now configured for us e.
Assembly Guide 14 AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® Printing Test Pages In Windows XP, you may receive an error messa ge when printing a test page to your DeskWriter, even when the pag e has printed successfull y. As long as your printer is working properl y, you can safel y ignore this message.
Assembly Guide AG-2 Printing t o a Mac-onl y HP DeskWriter® fr om a Windows® PC® 15 "Thanks for explaining the cable connections in m ore detail. I was able to track down all the cables and get the printer going. It feels great to be reusing something old, rather than just sending it to a landfill when it is in perfect working order.
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