Canon ink jet work with a device w/ a DB9 port?

[videobruce]

I have a Canon i560 ink jet printer (parallel port) that I want to output from a piece of test equipment that has a DB9 serial port that uses either the Postscript or Epson printer protocols.

Other than the correct cable, would/could this work?

 

[Zepper]

I know the i560 can't do Postscript directly, but you'll have to really check the specs to see if it can handle raw ASCII and/or Epson control codes. You may even have to call Canon as their online specs and manuals are often incomplete.

Once you've got that info, then you can worry about the serial to parallel converter cable.


.bh.

 

[videobruce]

That isn't really worth the bother. I was just a idea since the device had the capibility.