Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:08:01 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Alexey Koptsevich" <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 2nd printer Message-ID: <00a001c09771$da4aaec0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <14986.39890.2176.304613@guru.mired.org>
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Or you can buy a HP JetDirect EX3 for about $100 from Ebay and plug it into a network card on the system, then plug the printers into that. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Meyer > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:53 AM > To: Alexey Koptsevich > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: 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. > > <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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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