HP AG-2 Note, Caution

Assembly Guide

DB-9 connector and hood, available at many electronics stores for a combined cost of around $10.

Figure 2: Pinout for mini-DIN-8-to-DB-9 Serial Printer

Cable

You can connect the cable shown in Figure 2 directly between a

PC's serial/COM port's DB-9 connector and a DeskWriter's mini-

DIN-8 connector.

If you have an older PC with DB-25 connectors on one or more of its serial/COM ports, you'll need to make the cable shown in Figure 3:2

Figure 3: Pinout for mini-DIN-8-to-DB-25 Serial Printer

Cable

Note The pinout on the side of the DB-25 connector in Figure 3 is completely different from that of the DB-9 connector in Figure 2.

Caution The DB-9 and DB-25 serial/COM port connectors on PCs are male / pin / plug type, and mate with female / receptacle / socket type connectors found on serial cables. PC's also have 25- pin female connectors – these are the parallel/LPT port connectors. Serial/COM and parallel/LPT ports are not interchangeable.

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