Digital BW, The Print

I-link is 4 pin. so you need a 4-4 IEEE 1394 cable. 4 pin cables do 
not carry their own power like 6 pin cables so you will have to have 
the power supply for your scanner plugged in.


Drew MacCallum
www.askdrdigital.com
 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Loris Medici" 
<loris.medici@a...> wrote:
> 
> The Firewire port on my Epson 2450 is 6p. I don't know your iLink 
interface specs but my computer's Firewire interface card is 6p 
also. So I use 6p to 6p cable for my configuration.
> 
> 6p looks like:
> 
> +-------\
> |        >
> +-------/
> 
> 4p looks like:
> 
> +----+
> |    |
> |    |
> +----+
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Loris.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@m...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 5:06 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] iLink Connection for Epson 2450
> 
> 
> > I have a iLink (Firewire) connection on my Sony and my scanner 
(2450) 
> > has one. I was at a Best Buy today and decided to get a Firewire 
cable. 
> > I found two different cables, 6 pin to 4 pin and 4 pin to 4 pin. 
For the 
> > life of me I cannot find any specification specifying which of 
these to 
> > use for the 2450 to the computer. The sales person at Best Buy 
had the 
> > foggest idea what I was talking about.
> > 
> > Anyone have any info concerning this.
> > 
> > Truman
> 
> 
> 
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