You need to reverse pins 2 and 3 at the printer.

HTH,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jansen, Eric [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:10 AM
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> Subject: [HP3000-L] DTC 16MX and printer HP2934A
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Saturday I was trying to hookup 2 terminals and a HP2934A
> printer to a DTC
> 16MX at a client.
>
> The DTC and the terminals were setup real easy.
> Yoohoo, only 1 more to go.
> After several trials (for about 8 hours ;-( ) I couldn't get
> the printer to
> print.
>
> They have exactly the same printer connected to an old DTC 16
> with modem
> connector and straight-thru telephone cables (RJ11 ?) with
> pin 1,2,3 and 7
> (I couldn't look inside the connector to see the cabling).
>
> I setup the new printer with the same settings as the other
> one and copied
> the profile to a new one and changed the class.
>
> By switching the printer I made sure the printer was not defect.
> The connectors that were provided with the printer looked the
> same as the
> one above but internally there must be a different layout.
>
> Does anybody know the pin-setup to connect this printer with a DB25
> connector and RJ45 cables to either Modem or Direct connector on the
> DTC16MX?
>
>
> TIA,
>
> Eric Jansen
> Technical Consultant
> Computer Design & Integration, LLC
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