Mario Giammarco wrote: <snip> > I cannot understand why a cable let some program print and other no. This is because there different handshaking schemes that can be implemented on the Centronics interface. I don't have a copy of the IEEE specification at the moment so I can't be more specific.
One of the big problems about the Centronics interface is that there are 2 specifications, which use the BUSY/READY signals in a slightly different way. Another big problem is that the IEEE specification is an evergreen document, i.e. it is constantly changing. Hope this helps -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]