Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 15:54:23 -0600 (CST) From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Postscript printer, serial or parallel cable? Message-ID: <4875.172.16.1.35.1072043663.squirrel@email.polands.org>
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Hi, I recently got my hands on a free (woowho!) HP 4050 printer. I'm going to hook it up to a FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE server. The printer has two serial (one male/one female) connectors, a Centronix port, and some odd looking port that looks like you plug a mouse into it. 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 something-or-another parallel cables lying around unused. They were rather expensive and, IIRC, proported to be bi-directional. Question: Is a serial hookup preferable to parallel? As a future 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. Thanks for your input -- Regards, Doug
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