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Charles Lindsey
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 Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: USB and printing options |
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Having just had my printer die on me, and finding that printers with
good-ol' parallel interfaces seem almost to have vanished (everyone uses
USB, apparently) I was wondering what my options were (I have an Ultra 2,
with SCSI, SBUS, parallel output, but of course no USB).
One possibility would be to install a USB interface, but I cannot find an
Sbus2Usb card mentioned anywhere. Does not such a beast exist?
Alternatively, is there a simple (i.e. without wireless, ADSL, and other
such gimmicks) Ethernet to USB interface into which a printer could be
plugged, so as to act as a network printer service (not that I have much
of a network, but I do have a router with spare ethernet connections on
it)?
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Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------
Tel: +44 161 436 6131 Fax: +44 161 436 6133 Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl
Email: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K.
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Bruce Porter
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: USB and printing options |
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:51:57 +0000, Charles Lindsey wrote:
| Quote: | Having just had my printer die on me, and finding that printers with
good-ol' parallel interfaces seem almost to have vanished (everyone uses
USB, apparently) I was wondering what my options were (I have an Ultra 2,
with SCSI, SBUS, parallel output, but of course no USB).
One possibility would be to install a USB interface, but I cannot find an
Sbus2Usb card mentioned anywhere. Does not such a beast exist?
Alternatively, is there a simple (i.e. without wireless, ADSL, and other
such gimmicks) Ethernet to USB interface into which a printer could be
plugged, so as to act as a network printer service (not that I have much
of a network, but I do have a router with spare ethernet connections on
it)?
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How about something like an HP JetDirect ? Connect printer to that and
then that to network.
--
Bruce
"The internet is a huge and diverse community and
not every one is friendly"
http://www.ytc1.co.uk |
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Charles Lindsey
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| Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:36 am Post subject: Re: USB and printing options |
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In <pan.2006.12.20.09.14.59.981382@ytc1NOARGEYSPAM.co.uk> Bruce Porter <bdp@ytc1NOARGEYSPAM.co.uk> writes:
| Quote: | On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:51:57 +0000, Charles Lindsey wrote:
One possibility would be to install a USB interface, but I cannot find an
Sbus2Usb card mentioned anywhere. Does not such a beast exist?
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| Quote: | How about something like an HP JetDirect ? Connect printer to that and
then that to network.
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Yes, I've been looking into that too, but it is amazing how many print
servers offer only parallel connections, not USB. E.g. The Jetdirect 175x
is the only one in the HP stable.
But if there was some widget that would give me USB capability which would
work with _any_ USB device (e.g. storage sticks) that would be much
better. But I doubt a Jetdirect would enable that.
--
Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------
Tel: +44 161 436 6131 Fax: +44 161 436 6133 Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl
Email: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K.
PGP: 2C15F1A9 Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5 |
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Bruce Porter
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| Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: USB and printing options |
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:36:01 +0000, Charles Lindsey wrote:
| Quote: | In <pan.2006.12.20.09.14.59.981382@ytc1NOARGEYSPAM.co.uk> Bruce Porter <bdp@ytc1NOARGEYSPAM.co.uk> writes:
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:51:57 +0000, Charles Lindsey wrote:
One possibility would be to install a USB interface, but I cannot find an
Sbus2Usb card mentioned anywhere. Does not such a beast exist?
How about something like an HP JetDirect ? Connect printer to that and
then that to network.
Yes, I've been looking into that too, but it is amazing how many print
servers offer only parallel connections, not USB. E.g. The Jetdirect 175x
is the only one in the HP stable.
But if there was some widget that would give me USB capability which would
work with _any_ USB device (e.g. storage sticks) that would be much
better. But I doubt a Jetdirect would enable that.
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Not come across anything like that, for any platform, but you never know
in the world of the web :-)
I know someone who just bought an HP all in one jobbie from COstco, that
has built in network so that he just connects the printer to the network
and then uses nework printing from his various machines. Cost 130ukp I
believe
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Bruce
"The internet is a huge and diverse community and
not every one is friendly"
http://www.ytc1.co.uk |
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Graham J Lee
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject: Re: USB and printing options |
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On 18/12/06 20:51, Charles Lindsey wrote:
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Alternatively, is there a simple (i.e. without wireless, ADSL, and other
such gimmicks) Ethernet to USB interface into which a printer could be
plugged, so as to act as a network printer service (not that I have much
of a network, but I do have a router with spare ethernet connections on
it)?
The Netgear PS121 is such a beast. |
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Graham Lee
http://www.thaesofereode.info |
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