I have a Laserwriter II NT and hooked it up to my WinXP machine. I had a parallel cable and hooked one end to my printer and the other end to a 25-Pin Female to 9-Pin Female adapter; then the adapter to my serial port. I installed the driver Windows provides but can't get the printer to work. Which port should I set it up for and how should I set the settings such as data bits and flow control (this is shown when you click on the 'configure port' button)? Right now the printer is hooked up to my serial port. Would it work if I just took the adapter off and hooked it up to the parallel port? Thanks ~Tim~

If the printer has a parallel port connector, you should connect it to a parallel port. Hooking it to a serial port will not work.

Yep, Ham is right. And the default speed settings should work just fine. Symbios

* STOP NOW * - there is great danger of frying circuitry when mis-connecting parallel/serial ports as voltages differ. Damage can occur on either or both pc and printer. I am concerned that having already tried to connect, you mave have damaged something. Please have someone who is more pc literate than yourself, look over your shoulder. Generally printers have parallel ports and when you purchase a printer cable for such there is a 25 pin connector at each end. At the pc end the gender of the connector is opposite that for the serial port. Usually the pc has two serial ports, both 25 pin or one 25 and one 9 pin. Good luck - Keep us posted.

The Laserwriter II NT is a Serial or Appletalk interface printer. It is a PostScript printer (also has Diablo 630 emulation). I believe there is a switch to control the interface near the i/o connectors. For more info google 'Laserwriter II nT' or go to Apple, which (useto) have the documentation. You will need a cable configured properly (hardware handshaking) and the switch set properly (baud tate and protocol). Note: In Postscript mode nothing will be printed until the print commands are downloaded EXACTLY right.