Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:37:18 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Cc: Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2nd printer Message-ID: <14987.5806.257005.188367@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010214.20020000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <14986.39890.2176.304613@guru.mired.org> <20010214.20020000@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> types: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. > Such a solution should also apply to *any* parallel-port-connected > peripheral... right (?) Unfortunately, no. I wasn't clear enough - you need a USB<->parallel printer connector. It's not a generic parallel converter. There are generic *serial* converters, but they aren't supported by FreeBSD (yet, I hope). > 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. Except for HP Scanjets, the FreeBSD scanning applications all appear to use SANE, which works much better than TWAIN. If you haven't, check the list of scanners with SANE backends at <URL: http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html >, and see if your scanner is on it. If so, then you can move your printer to a USB port and use the scanner on the parallel port (or leave them both on the parallel, if that works). <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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