Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:34:05 -0700 From: Sandy Rutherford <sandy@krvarr.bc.ca> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How well do USB -> parallel adapters work for printers? Message-ID: <17237.63213.924601.294015@szamoca.krvarr.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <20051018091959.6a303d86.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20051018091959.6a303d86.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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>>>>> On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:19:59 -0400, >>>>> Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> said: > The guy who provides our hardware recommended a USB -> parallel adapter, > but I've got no experience with these. I've been warned about USB -> > serial adapaters and how the translation isn't always 100%, so I'm > trying to gather some information before I go forward with this plan. > Anyone use one of these? How well do they work in general? How well > do they work under FreeBSD? Depends on the printer. They do not work with HP OfficeJets. I have been able to get an Entegra USB -> parallel adapter to work with with an HP Laserjet III and FreeBSD 4.10. However, I haven't been able to get the same adapter to work with a Lexmark Optra S. Frankly, if you can put a network card into the printer, that will most likely be far more trouble free. Sandy
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