This topic recommends some techniques for connecting serial printers to NetWare queues. For more information about serial printing, refer to the NetWare Print Services guide, which contains some general rules and standard limitations of parallel and serial printing.
Generally, personal computers have either a male 9-pin (DB9) or male 25-pin (DB25) serial port. Serial printers generally have a female 25-pin serial port. Pinouts for both DB9 and DB25 ports are listed in ``Printers using software (XON/XOFF) handshaking'' and ``Printers using hardware (DSR/DTR) handshaking''.