I got this from HP, for those who have been following the topic. It's actually quite informative, but as they said it took them quite awhile to gather the data. This thing is older than dirt, I guess. :-) ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: Plotter Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 16:57:27 -0600 From: DesignJet Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Aaron Grewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you for contacting Hewlett-Packard's Customer Care Technical Center. JetDirect cards, from HP, do not support anything less than a parallel connection. In the past, this may have been so. The HP-IB interface was used in a networking environment that was designed around HP-IB. In the past, HP did sell an adapter card that fit into an ISA slot in the computer that allowed you an HP-IB port in which to plug into. HP no longer sells anything of this type or anything related to this type of connection. The 7475A was introduced September of 1985 and was considered obsolete in April of 1995. Therfore any hardware type of support was also considered to be over. You may be in some luck to get this old technology to operate once again. There are places on the web that support and still sell parts for the 1978 ANSI/IEEE-488 standard. The plotter interface board (I/O) and parts used the part numbers below. These numbers may be useful in locating the parts. To convert HP-IB to RS-232-C: PCA Board - 07475-68101 Standoff (2) - 1251-7828 Label - 07475-00011 HP-IB Interface Card - 82335I HP-IB Cable - 10833D (0.5 meter) HP-IB Cable - 10833A (1 meter) HP-IB Cable - 10833B (2 meter) HP-IB Cable - 10833C (3 meter) Below are some companies that may still be found on the web: Via West Interface, Inc Black Box Co. (blackox.com) <- last best known contact Omnitronix I/O Tech TMS Plotters, Inc 23621 Ridge Route Dr. Suite A Laguna Hills, CA 92653 (714) 837-2324 (714) 837-2305 fax NOTE: Some or all of these places may no longer exist. It would be a good idea to do a search on the web for IEEE-488. If the items that you are looking for are found, it can be very expensive. The items found and purchased will be supported by that product vendor. Any other information will be found at www.hp.com with what information is left in the knowledgebase. Below are some document numbers that may be helpful: BPP01244 - Test communication from DOS. BPP01034 - HP-IB History and Troubleshooting. BPP01035 - HP-GL Plotters on the Network. BPP02024 - Pen Plotters - Frequently Asked Questions. BPP01965 - Pens and Media Supplies. Lastly, below you will find driver information: HP does not make a driver for any of the Pen Plotters in a Windows environment. Drivers may be obtained from other sources. Below you will find a list of options. 1. Windows supplied drivers. (Supported by Microsoft) 2. Some programs will supply there own drivers such as AutoCAD. (Supported by the program vendor) 3. www.tailormade.com (Supported by Tailor Made) 4. www.winline.com (Supported by Software Mechanics) WINLine is a system driver for Microsoft Windows v 3.1, 3.11, 95, and NT, written and supported by Software Mechanics. The WINline driver is an alternative driver that can be used in place of the drivers that ship with Microsoft Windows or in place of the Hewlett-Packard written drivers. It is supported and written by the company Software Mechanics. WINLine supports most of the Hewlett-Packard pen printers, and HP DesignJet printers. For more information or technical support, contact Software Mechanics at www.winline.com (this will provide a list of phone numbers, by area, for support). This is all the information that we can supply for your plotter. It took some time to locate what we found for you. We wish you luck with your plotter. Once again, thank you for contacting Hewlett-Packard's Customer Care Technical Center. NOTE: Our advice is strictly limited to the question(s) asked and is based on the information provided to us. Problems and solutions may depend on the nature of your system environment and various other parameters that are unknown to HP; therefore, HP cannot assume any responsibility or liability. Please be advised that technical information changes as new data becomes available, therefore, HP recommends that you check back at our Customer Care web site located at http://www.hp.com/cposupport/eschome.html regularly for possible updates. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of this information. Original message follows: ------------------------- OK, what about an ethernet transciever or some such then? If it's networkable that's actually even better. I saw passing reference to the availability of MIO cards for certain printers that were originally HP-IB, but didn't get the association. On Tuesday 04 September 2001 01:55 pm, you wrote: > Thank you for contacting Hewlett-Packard's Customer Care Technical Center. > > Unfortunately what you are describing is impossible. The HP-IB interface > was a network protocol and parallel is just a type of port. The two do not > mix and we have never heard of anyone attempting this before. We have no > documentation at all on this subject. > > Once again, thank you for contacting Hewlett-Packard's Customer Care > Technical Center. > > NOTE: Our advice is strictly limited to the question(s) asked and is based > on the information provided to us. Problems and solutions may depend on > the nature of your system environment and various other parameters that are > unknown to HP; therefore, HP cannot assume any responsibility or liability. > Please be advised that technical information changes as new data becomes > available, therefore, HP recommends that you check back at our Customer > Care web site located at http://www.hp.com/cposupport/eschome.html > regularly for possible updates. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for > any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in > connection with the use of this information. > > > > Original message follows: > ------------------------- > > > The following data was submitted. > > First Name:Aaron > Last Name:Grewell > City:University Place > > Country selected in user profile:UNITED STATES > > Country selected on form:UNITED STATES > Phone Country Code:US > Phone Area Code:253 > Phone Number:5666767 > Email_Address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OK to contact via e-mail: > > > Category:Other > > Printer Model:50PS > Serial Number:54135 > Purchase Month:08 > Purchase Year:2000 > > Operating System:Windows 95 > Printer Drivers: > Driver Version: > Printing Application: > Printing Through: > Media Type: > > Print Quality: > Firmware: > > German Site's Email Submission > CB Nodeid: > To Do: > IV Nodeid: > CSQ Report: > IV Path: > Customer Comment:This request is about an HP 7475A > plotter, which I couldn't find on > your list anywhere. I need to > know how to adapt from the HP-IB > connector to a standard parallel > connector. Also, the 7475A page > is broken or I probably could have > gotten this info online. > > DJO User ID: 689321 > Question ID: 38240 ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
