On Mon, 20 May 2002, at 10:44am, Bacardi K. Bryant wrote: > This is what I think the issue is. If you can picture this, on a normal > cable, when you strip the primary cover you have your color coded wires > inside. When you strip each of those, you have many, tiny copper wires.
This is called "stranded wire" cable. It is more flexible, and thus tends to work better in practical use. > Well on this cable I have when you strip the color coded wires, there is > ONLY ONE copper wire. This is called "solid wire" cable. While it has slightly better signal characteristics when straight, it does not stand up to flexing as well as stranded wire cable. I don't think the TIA/EIA Category 5 standard actually prohibits solid wire cable, but it would make termination and handling more difficult to do properly. > Am I possible running into data loss due to a distance limitation ... Yes. > ... and if so, how would I test that. You would have to contact the manufacturer of the parallel port extended you are using, find out the signal requirements, and then test the cable run to see if it meets them. > Finally, is there a way I can test connectivity on a printer cable W/O > HAVING A TESTER. You want to test without a tester. That will be tough. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
