USB-DIN adaptor cable

[SnowWhite]

I have this same set up in OS9.22 and it works just fine.  It is the 
least expensive per copy printer I have ever owned.  About  1/2¢ per 
page at the most.  If you need the driver for the printer I will email 
it to you.  Now as long as the serial/usb adapter you choose works with 
OS 9 or whatever you use you can make it go.  It will not work in OSX 
at all.  And I have found nothing to make it work at all in OSX. Gimp 
does not support it.

I use a GEO MiniPort but you will find a few products to suit your 
needs.

jj

On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 08:11  AM, Power Macintosh G4 List wrote:

> At 16:07 +0000 6/23/03, Douglas McCabe wrote:
>> I've been given a Personal LaserWriter printer that seems in good 
>> working order except that I can't attach it to my G4 which only has 
>> USB sockets for connecting peripherals. The LaserWriter cable has an 
>> eight-pin DIN plug at one end going into a 2-socket housing at the 
>> other end, and these sockets are 3-pin DINs.  Does anyone know where 
>> I can purchase a DIN-USB adaptor cable that will allow me to hook the 
>> printer to the G4?  Would appreciate any help.  Regards.
>
> The 8 pin MiniDIN is an RS422/RS232 "Localtalk" connector. It can be 
> connected to any standard RS232 serial port with an appropriate cable. 
> It can also connect to an AppleTalk cable if the printer has the right 
> plug in board attached.
>
> What you're probably looking for is a USB to serial adapter but the 
> software for it is another matter.