8bit parallel port. anyone familiar with it.

antyler

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My boss recently purchased a large Mimaki Jv2-130 printer, for printing 50" graphics and the like, at a sign shop.

The printer has an 8 bit parallel port on the back.

Would anyone know if these are still available, i did a little searching online, and didnt find a whole lot.

It would need to be 8bit parallel to usb if available, but im thinking that its probably going to be 8bit parallel to serial only.

Edit: I think it is a SCSI parallel port. The end on the printer is the female end, I need a converter that will go from that to a usb preferably.

I think this is what will plug into the printer.

The only difference would be my receiving end has 36 total pins/contacts. The one in the picture has 50 total.

This Text also looks like it might work for the setup.



any help would be appreciated.

thanks.

tyler
 

antyler

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Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
not sure if this should go under network or peripheral
A printer is a peripheral, for future reference.

haha well yeah, but this is just the cable but technically it could go under peripheral.
 

antyler

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Well i dont have a problem getting a usb to parallel converter, I have some actually.

This is called an 8bit parallel port. Its not your normal parallel port.
 

kranky

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AFAIK, all parallel ports are 8 bit.

What kind of printer is it? Wouldn't it have had to interface to a standard parallel port?
 

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Originally posted by: antyler
Well i dont have a problem getting a usb to parallel converter, I have some actually.

This is called an 8bit parallel port. Its not your normal parallel port.

Sounds like a serial port to me. Is it a DB9?
 

antyler

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Originally posted by: kranky
AFAIK, all parallel ports are 8 bit.

What kind of printer is it? Wouldn't it have had to interface to a standard parallel port?

thanks, didnt know all were 8 bit.

It is a large decal printer. Made by Mimaki. it has a 50" printing area.

Im thinking that it is actually a SCSI Parallel. But im not sure.
 

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Originally posted by: kranky
AFAIK, all parallel ports are 8 bit.

What kind of printer is it? Wouldn't it have had to interface to a standard parallel port?

what does the arrangements of pins in the connector look like?
 

zanejohnson

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if it's scsi your not gonna find an adaptor... gonna have to buy a cheap scsi controller.
 

antyler

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Originally posted by: zanejohnson
Originally posted by: kranky
AFAIK, all parallel ports are 8 bit.

What kind of printer is it? Wouldn't it have had to interface to a standard parallel port?

what does the arrangements of pins in the connector look like?

there are no holes like the normal parallel. It looks more like a pci slot or a ram slot.
 

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: antyler
Well i dont have a problem getting a usb to parallel converter, I have some actually.

This is called an 8bit parallel port. Its not your normal parallel port.

Sounds like a serial port to me. Is it a DB9?

i thought the standard parallel printer port was 25-pin and the serial were the db9? ive seen some figures on making a parallel work on a serial however. how does any printer, especially a decent decal printer not have other comms available, like ethernet? USB at least.
 

rivan

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What model is the printer?

Step one would be identifying exactly what you have. Download a manual.

edit: If it's SCSI, there's no SCSI->USB adapters out there; youll need a SCSI card in your RIP with an external port.
 

antyler

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Originally posted by: rivan
What model is the printer?

Step one would be identifying exactly what you have. Download a manual.

Cant, the brand is Mimaki. Marketed mainly in japan. No luck in dling the manual thus far.
 

antyler

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Originally posted by: rivan
What model is the printer?

Step one would be identifying exactly what you have. Download a manual.

edit: If it's SCSI, there's no SCSI->USB adapters out there; youll need a SCSI card in your RIP with an external port.

Can you explain the part you added in the edit please?
 

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i checked out a few models and they all said "RS232C interface".
 

zanejohnson

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Originally posted by: antyler
Originally posted by: zanejohnson
Originally posted by: kranky
AFAIK, all parallel ports are 8 bit.

What kind of printer is it? Wouldn't it have had to interface to a standard parallel port?

what does the arrangements of pins in the connector look like?

there are no holes like the normal parallel. It looks more like a pci slot or a ram slot.

yeah sounds like scsi to me too... your gonna have to get a scsi controller...

i have one i'd let go for cheap, well pretty cheap, and it's actually a really really nice controller though, i was planning to hopefully use it for a couple of 15000 rpm scsi drives in RAID:0 if i could ever get around to coming across some decently priced scsi drives....

anyway, the controller i have is an Adaptec AHA-2940, it's a completely hardware based controller, server grade... i'd let it go for 25 bucks + shipping if your interested....
 

antyler

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Originally posted by: rivan
Originally posted by: antyler
Originally posted by: rivan
What model is the printer?

Step one would be identifying exactly what you have. Download a manual.

Cant, the brand is Mimaki. Marketed mainly in japan. No luck in dling the manual thus far.

You don't know the model number?

my boss says he tried using the site and couldnt find any documentation.
 

rivan

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Originally posted by: antyler
Originally posted by: rivan
What model is the printer?

Step one would be identifying exactly what you have. Download a manual.

edit: If it's SCSI, there's no SCSI->USB adapters out there; youll need a SCSI card in your RIP with an external port.

Can you explain the part you added in the edit please?

SCSI is a bus type that typically has a dedicated controller card, often with external ports (like e-SATA); AFAIK there's no adapters to USB for them.

A RIP is a (normally) dedicated computer that takes graphics files and processes them into something the printer can use. Desktop printers, copiers, etc have them embedded - printers like this do not. This machine will (probably) require a dedicated RIP.

Is this being bought used?

Edit: Thisis an external SCSI cable like the one he MIGHT need.