Re: USB printers again

[Paul Breeze paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx]

As far as I am aware those allow you to connect a parallel port printer to a USB port on the PC.
The software is still talking to a USB port, not a parallel port, so you would still need some
additional software to communicate with the USB port.

Paul

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 01:35:15 -0400, George Scithers wrote:


 Re Paul Breeze's solution: there are two issues, it seems: 1)
 contol language compatibility. Xy has drivers for older HPs,
 PostScript printers and they can usually be used with more
 versions of those printers, though one won't get all the
 newer printers. For example, I use the HP LJ2P driver to print
 Deskjet 855C at the office with decent results (cannot get a
 apostrophe, but that may be a function of HP's different
 assignments); I used to use the Epson LQ850 driver with my
 800 before it died; Postscript is more iffy: the Post 45N
 the office HP 5000N in Postscript mode into a frenzy of
 with a couple of letters of code.
<> 2) Routing the data: Xy expects to send data to a serial or
 or a file. It never heard of USB and cannot recognize a USB
 need some routine, external to Xy, that will map or route what
 to an LPT or COM port or a file to the USB port. Ironically, in
 9x, you can print to a file and then print the (printer-coded)
 by using the DOS "copy filename.ext lpt1" command, not by drag
 (There is an exception, IIRC, for Postscript.) As I may have
 (AMI) BIOS has a setting "USB for DOS," but no documentation on
 use it. It's obviously possible if HP did it for its printer. I
 that Linux had methods for printing to USB ports. Perhaps we
 contact the Free Software Foundation and see if anyone there
 interested in writing an LPT to USB mapping routine. We are not
 DOS diehards. Our borough engineer tells me he used certain CAD
<> applications that can only run under DOS.
<> Patricia
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