I have a lot of Zebra printers.  As far as I know, no special cables are
required.  We use standard mod-taps.  Here is how we set up our
configuration.  We use OpenView DTCMGR so our configuration may vary from
yours.  The big difference in the config is that Zebra printers use EVEN
parity.

The HP 3000 configuration (as displayed by DTSINFO) is:
                                  H  S
                                  E  P  N
                                  L  O  L
 PROFILE  PRINTER/                L  O  I  TYPE/
  NAME    TERMINAL  WIDTH  MODEM  O  L  O  TYPE FILE NAME

 WMSZP01  PRINTER    132     NO      Y  N  18
   CLASSES:  WMSZP01

Even if you are not interested in Zebra printers, you might be able to use
this command file (it replaces the old DTSINFO program which used to be in
TELESUP).  It looks like:

:help dtsinfo
USER DEFINED COMMAND FILE:  DTSINFO.COMMANDS.SYS

FILE NMMGRCMD=DTSINFOI.COMMANDS.SYS
FILE FORMLIST=$STDLIST
RUN NMMGR.PUB.SYS
RESET NMMGRCMD
RESET FORMLIST
:
and the companion file looks like...

:type DTSINFOI.commands
OPENCONF NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS
SUMMARYCONF DTS
ALL
EXIT
EXIT
:

The DTCMGR side configuration looks as follows:
        Line Speed:  9600
        Attached Device: Printer
        Parity: EVEN
        Data Transfer: ASCII
        Enable Port:  X (= YES)
        Dedicated Printer: X (Could be shared to multiple hp3k's)


Joe Howell <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article <[log in to unmask]>...
> garyw wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to connect a Zebra printer to an HP3000 via a DTC
connection and
> > am having no luck. ....
>
> Gary,
>
> I believe you have to set them up as term type 18 (no status checking).
>  The key to making it work, (seems like this is always the case)
> was in the cable.  My aged old memory says that I had to tie pin 1
> and 7 together on the ZEBRA end to get it to talk to HEWIE.  Can't
> remember if 2 and 3 were staight thru or crossed, but should be
> easy to test. I know that this sounds kind of redundant (tieing signal
> grnd to chassis grn) but it worked.  If this does not solve your
> problem, email me offline and I will call my client up and get them
> to stick a meter on their cable (which is working as of now!) and
> confirm my memory.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Joe
>
>
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