Supplies, Accessories, and Expanding Your Printer 8

Interface cables and adapters

The following cables and adapters are available through Tektronix or your dealer. Contact your dealer for other cables and adapters.

Printer interface cables and adapters

Order number

Description

Connectors and cable length

 

 

 

012-1468-00

Parallel cable

36-pin high-density plug to 25-pin DSUB plug;

 

 

3 meters (9.84 feet)

 

 

 

Connects the printer’s parallel port to a PC or workstation parallel port.

 

 

 

013-0299-00

Parallel/Centronics adapter

parallel adapter: converts 36-pin low-density IEEE

 

 

1284-B plug to 36-pin high-density IEEE 1284-C plug

 

 

 

Adapts your system’s existing low-density, Centronics parallel cable connector to the printer’s

 

high-density parallel connector.

 

 

 

 

012-1465-00

SCSI-2 HD to SCSI-1 LD cable

50-pin high-density plug to 50-pin low-density plug;

 

 

2.0 meters (6.56 feet)

 

 

 

Connects the printer’s SCSI port to a hard disk drive or the Phaser Copystation SCSI port.

 

 

 

012-1299-00

SCSI-1 LD to Macintosh SCSI cable

50-pin low-density plug to Macintosh SCSI 25-pin plug

 

 

 

Combine with 013-0297-00 to connect the printer’s SCSI port to a hard disk drive with

 

Macintosh SCSI 25-pin plug.

 

 

 

 

013-0297-00

SCSI-1 LD to SCSI-2 HD adapter

SCSI adapter: converts 50-pin low-density plug to

 

 

50-pin high-density plug

 

 

 

Use with either 012-1465-00 or 012-1299-00 to convert a low-density SCSI connection to a

 

high-density SCSI connection.

 

 

 

 

012-1379-00

Serial (RS-232) Null modem cable

9-socket receptacle to 9-socket receptacle;

 

 

1.8 meters (6 feet)

 

 

 

Connects the printer’s serial port to a PC or workstation serial port.

 

 

 

012-1380-00

Serial (RS-232) Null modem cable

9-socket receptacle to 25-socket receptacle;

 

 

1.8 meters (6 feet)

Connects the printer’s serial port to a PC or workstation serial port.

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Tektronix 380 manual Interface cables and adapters, Order number Description Connectors and cable length