Black Box IEEE-1284 Serial<->Parallel Converter parallel adapter

Get more out of your equipment with the IEEE 1284 Parallel <-> Serial Converter from Black Box. Use your speedy IEEE 1284 laser printer with your async RS-232/423 hardware. You can use this converter with all your hardware equipped with an IEEE 1284 Bi-Tronics parallel interface. This tiny box gives you lots of operational options because it works in either Level 1 Compatible or Nibble modes (according to the IEEE 1284 standard). So it supports the high speeds - up to 115.2 kbps - necessary for graphics-intensive laser-printer applications. Depending on your equipment, all you have to do is set a switch to change modes. Conversion is simple. On the serial side, the converter translates Nibble operations into standard HP LaserJet IV serial printer escape sequences. This enables operation with standard printer drivers. On the parallel side, the converter translates all commands received from the PC or other serial devices into Bi-Tronics Nibble operations or Compatible operations.