Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:19:59 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: How well do USB -> parallel adapters work for printers? Message-ID: <20051018091959.6a303d86.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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This will be FreeBSD 5.4 machine. I need to hook a printer to a server (actually, it's a "plotter", an HP inkjet plotter). The server doesn't have a parallel port, and the printer doesn't have a USB port. 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? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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