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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
I recently obtained a Netgear PS101 to use with
my old HP 1200 and found to my dismay that the connectors do not match. The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. Is there an adapter available? If not, how should I proceed? Thanks for your advice. Mike. |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: I recently obtained a Netgear PS101 to use with my old HP 1200 and found to my dismay that the connectors do not match. The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. Is there an adapter available? If not, how should I proceed? Thanks for your advice. Mike. Yes. It cost $5.99 if you Google for it. |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:55:42 -0700, Al Bundy wrote:
Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: I recently obtained a Netgear PS101 to use with my old HP 1200 and found to my dismay that the connectors do not match. The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. Is there an adapter available? If not, how should I proceed? Thanks for your advice. Mike. Yes. It cost $5.99 if you Google for it. These things are hard to find. I have Googled and phoned. I see also that I was not specific enough. I need a converter that has: DB25 female Centronics 36 female Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Mike. |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
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The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. Hmmm...the HP printer sounds as though it is a serial printer? If it is a serial printer, then it is electrically incompatible to the Centronics connector on the Netgear device. An adapter would have to be capable of reconciling the differences between the serial and parallel methods of communication. This can be done, but it may not be cheap. William |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:27:04 +0000, William R. Walsh wrote:
Hi! The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. Hmmm...the HP printer sounds as though it is a serial printer? If it is a serial printer, then it is electrically incompatible to the Centronics connector on the Netgear device. An adapter would have to be capable of reconciling the differences between the serial and parallel methods of communication. This can be done, but it may not be cheap. William Google - http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...ectID=bpl10509 tells me that it is "parallel IEEE level 2". Do you think that this will work if I get the adapter? Thanks, Mike. |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
I recently obtained a Netgear PS101 to use with my old HP 1200 and found to my dismay that the connectors do not match. The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. "HP 1200" could mean any of three very different printers. Which do you have? If it's the LaserJet 1200, then open the printer's side door and you'll see the DB25 cable leads to a standard Centronics connector that is plugged into the printer's Centronics port. There may be enough room to fit the Netgear PS101 in there, although you might have to leave the door off. The Business Inkjet 1200 has a Centronics parallel port. The Deskjet 1200C probably also has a Centronics parallel port, but HP no longer seems to have manuals on their site. -- Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
William R. Walsh m wrote:
The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. Hmmm...the HP printer sounds as though it is a serial printer? Probably not. The few HP printers that have come with serial ports in recent years would more likely use a DB9. HP did use high-density parallel cable connectors that were roughly the size of a DB25 on some printers, like the LJ1100. -- Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:19:18 +0000, Warren Block wrote:
[...] If it's the LaserJet 1200, then open the printer's side door and you'll see the DB25 cable leads to a standard Centronics connector that is plugged into the printer's Centronics port. There may be enough room to fit the Netgear PS101 in there, although you might have to leave the door off. [...] Wonders will never cease!! Indeed it is as stated above and there is plenty of room for the PS101. But I now need some longer cabling, so perhaps I will just get a Centronics 36 cable; or maybe a longer cat6. I'll see which is cheaper. Thanks for your help. Mike. |
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HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101
"William R. Walsh" m wrote in message news:cqUOh.15872$oV.15766@attbi_s21 Hi! The HP has a 25 pin male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin Centronics connector -- quite different. Hmmm...the HP printer sounds as though it is a serial printer? If it is a serial printer, then it is electrically incompatible to the Centronics connector on the Netgear device. An adapter would have to be capable of reconciling the differences between the serial and parallel methods of communication. This can be done, but it may not be cheap. Serial parallel converters are around, but may be hard to come by these days. I have one lying around somewhere that I used to use with a Novell Netware server years ago, I think it cost me a fiver at an amateur radio rally. Ivor |
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