Assembly Guide

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. Then, you need gender changers because nearly all null-modem cables these days have female DB-9s on each end.

There are also some molded DB-25-to-DB-9 adapters out there – but you will need one with the right sexes (DB-25 female, DB-9 male).

Table 1 (male = pin, female = socket) lists all the connectors and their sexes as an example of how to connect a typical PC (with DB-9 serial ports) to a DeskWriter. Each connection is made from one item's end B to the next item's end A.

Item

End A

End B

PC serial port

–

male DB-9

Null-modem cable

female DB-9

female DB-9

Adapter(s)

male DB-9

female DB-25

Mac modem cable

male DB-25

male mini-DIN-8

DeskWriter

female mini-DIN-8

–

Table 1: Example Connection using Readily Available

Cables and Adapters

Note Null-modem cables are also sometimes called computer-to- computer or LapLink® cables. Regardless, cables with female DB- 9s on each end are usually null-modem cables. Null modem cables are internally different from straight-through / extension cables, which are always female on one end and male on the other.

Software Configuration

Some Windows drivers for HP DeskJet printers appear to work properly with their DeskWriter equivalents having the same model number. In general, you should use the Windows printer driver for the DeskJet that is most similar to your DeskWriter.

Separate installation instructions for Windows 98 and Windows

XP are presented below.

Drivers Details – Windows 98

For the DeskWriter 660C, the most obvious HP driver choice is the

DeskJet 660 (Color) driver supplied with Windows 98. Version

4

AG-2 Printing to a Mac-only HP DeskWriter® from a Windows® PC®