Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:02:00 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2nd printer Message-ID: <20010214.20020000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <14986.39890.2176.304613@guru.mired.org>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 2/14/01, 3:53:06 PM, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote regarding Re: 2nd printer: > Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> types: > > Is it possible to connect 2 parallel printers to regular x86 box somehow? > Yes. Buy a USB<->parallel connector instead of a parallel cable, and > use that to plug the second printer into a USB port. Works like a > charm, and the USB throughput is better than the parallel throughput. Hello (again) Mike, Such a solution should also apply to *any* parallel-port-connected peripheral... right (?) Well, erm, I have -- *sigh* -- a parallel port scanner. I do NOT want to have to boot LoseBlows to be able to scan an image. Best regards, Salvo (trying to get completely rid of Loseblows) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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