4.0 out of 5 stars
Switched to a later model printer with centronic 36 pin parallel IO, August 3, 2007
This review is from: Aten Technologies SXP325 Serial to Parallel Bi-Direction Converter with 512KB Buffer (Personal Computers)
I have a scope/logic analyzer product that makes hardcopy of measurement over a GPIB I/O to a printer. It also supports output over an RS232c I/O through a DB25 connector. This SxP325 serial to parallel converter converts the serial I/O to the centronics parallel protocol of the new printer. Make sure the replacement printer is compatible with the I/O protocol of the original! The new PCL5 protocol was upward compatible with the old PCL protocol. The 1st SxP325 didn't work and I contacted Aten about the problem. I returned the defective product and 1 week later got a replacement that worked. It can work with either software (xon/xoff) or hardware handshaking at 8 different baud rates. It plugged into the printer and a custom serial cable was made to match the serial output pin assignment with the serial input assignment to the SxP325.
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