Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:55:08 +0000 From: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postscript printer, serial or parallel cable? Message-ID: <200312241155.08797.howells@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <4875.172.16.1.35.1072043663.squirrel@email.polands.org> References: <4875.172.16.1.35.1072043663.squirrel@email.polands.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 December 2003 21:54, Doug Poland wrote: > The handbook states that I can use serial or parallel cabling to a > postscript capable printer but there may be some advantage to a serial > cable as it is bi-directional. I've got several newer IEEE It also says "In general, serial interfaces are slower than parallel interfaces", which would be a major factor for me. > something-or-another parallel cables lying around unused. They were > rather expensive and, IIRC, proported to be bi-directional. I see no reason to not use a parallel cable. They aren't too slow, and I haven't really had any problems with bi-directional parallel printing even on older hardware. > Question: Is a serial hookup preferable to parallel? As a future In my opinion, not. But then again I've never tried serial. The idea of trying to configure a serial printer sounds fairly hideous to me... speed, stop bits, parity... no thanks. Personally I would attempt to obtain a JetDirect card for the printer and give it an ethernet interface. They are rather expensive new, but you can probably get one cheap from ebay. I did :) > possiblity, this modest FBSD box may become a dedicated print server > with a color laser and ink jet also hanging off it. I'll probably > install CUPS and "share" it with windows users via Samba. That's the setup I have here. Works great with CUPS and the hpijs drivers. - -- Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/6X6cF8Iu1zN5WiwRAuKtAJ9dt6peRFDtQauwd1RNzmNgxFjqEwCeI3ip Diun8ZDhdbF/TAtroxTS/8A= =3x7R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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