From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 18 13:20:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F353C16A41F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:20:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0DBC43D45 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:20:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from localhost (24-53-250-148.pittpa.adelphia.net [24.53.250.148]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FAC869A4C for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:19:59 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20051018091959.6a303d86.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: How well do USB -> parallel adapters work for printers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:20:02 -0000 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