HP 1200 25 pin to Netgear PS101

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Mike - EMAIL IGNORED

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.
 
Mike said:
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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Yes. It cost $5.99 if you Google for it.
 
Yes. It cost $5.99 if you Google for it.
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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.
 
Hi!
The HP has a 25 pin
male connector, and the Netgear has a 36 pin
Centronics connector -- quite different.
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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
 
Hi!


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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Google ->

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...esId=29789&prodTypeId=18972&objectID=bpl10509

tells me that it is "parallel IEEE level 2".
Do you think that this will work if I get the adapter?

Thanks,
Mike.
 
Mike - EMAIL IGNORED said:
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.
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"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.
 
William R. Walsh said:
Hmmm...the HP printer sounds as though it is a serial printer?
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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.
 
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.
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[...]

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.
 
"William R. Walsh"
Hi!


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.
Click to expand...

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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