"John H. Guillory" wrote:
> 
>   Weird.... I remember hearing that the Standard printer cable allows
> you to hook up two macs together for Apple Talk and swaps the send and
> receive like you said, so guess that does somewhat make since... Now
> that you mention it.... Not sure why Apple decided the printer is a
> terminal.... ;-)  I mean its easy to picture the computer as a
> terminal if you've ever hooked up a modem directly to a true terminal,
> the computer as a terminal device only makes since.  I guess their
> reasoning for the printer as a "Terminal" device comes from Teletype's
> assuming the printer is a Teletype connected to the modem without a
> keyboard.... I was just kinda assuming anything (other than another
> computer) hooked up to the computer is usually a DCE device, while the
> computer its self is usually a DTE device.... ;-)  Learn something new
> every day....

It wasn't Apple's decision, and there is no Appletalk involved. The
printer is manufactured by Zebra Inc. and is a serial device.

PB