On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:41 PM, classical wrote: > On 2010-01-29 14:42 -0800, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: > >> On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:37 AM, John Carmonne wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:58 PM, tortoise wrote: >>> ===============[snip]============= >>> John Carmonne wtmm >>> Yorba Linda USA >>> >>> 26 kids all named Mac >>> >> I just got a USB To Parallel cable and the printer still says I haven't >> selected the Epson driver over and over again. I need to know the exact >> steps to get it going I'm using OS8.6 >> >> JOHN CARMONNE >> Yorba Linda USA >> carmo...@aol,com >> > > Hi John, > > I would suggest following to troubleshoot: > > TRY SERIAL CONNECTION > > 1) Check your serial cable. The recommended cable in the User Guide is > "Apple System Peripheral-8 cable (Part Number M0197)". > > Wiring for a standard Mac Printer cable is at the bottom of this page: > http://www.netbsd.org/docs/Hardware/Misc/serial.html#pinouts > > 1A) As a really rough check on whether you have a connection, boot up in OS-8 > or 9, with the printer connected via the serial port, the printer powered on, > Appletalk on, and select "connect via printer port" in the AppleTalk control > panel. The printer should start printing random characters. If it doesn't, > one might suspect either the cable itself, or the interface hardware at one > or both ends of the cable. > > 1B) If possible substite a cable which is known to be working from another > installation. If this is not possible, you can manually check each pair of > pins in the cable using an ohmmeter and the wiring diagram from the above > link. Inspect the cable visually for broken, bent, missing, or 'pushed in' > pins. > > 1C) Assuming the cable is OK, try to eliminate corroded or dirty connector > pins and/or sockets as a possible cause. Visually inspect, seat and re-seat > the cables. > > 2) if you are happy that the cable is good, and given that your USB to Serial > adaptor is also not working, suspicion can fall on either a hardware problem > at the printer end, or a software problem on the Mac. I think the easiest > check of the software would be to download the latest SC600 software from > Epson, then restart with the base set of extensions and control panels, using > the Extensions Manager control panel, before reinstalling the drivers. Do > this on both Macs. > > 3) If 1) and 2) have failed to produce a result, you'd have to start taking > the printer apart and inspecting the circuit boards for possible problems, or > else suspect that both your Macs have faulty serial ports. > > hth.. AD > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
