Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:05:15 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Sandy Rutherford <sandy@krvarr.bc.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: How well do USB -> parallel adapters work for printers? Message-ID: <1129723514.722.69.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <17237.63213.924601.294015@szamoca.krvarr.bc.ca> References: <20051018091959.6a303d86.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <17237.63213.924601.294015@szamoca.krvarr.bc.ca>
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On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 03:34, Sandy Rutherford wrote: > >>>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" My Epson C86 works fairly well with the USB connection on 5.3. I say "fairly well", beacuse I have seen one of two complete crashes if I send a document to it while it is still powering up.
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