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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Haven’t used any of these but this site
shows they have Linux compatibility for their cards:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://www.perle.com/products/Parallel-Card.shtml">http://www.perle.com/products/Parallel-Card.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Michael Trausch<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 15, 2011
10:35 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] USB to parallel
port for a printer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But I
have yet to get mine working in Linux. I need help from someone proficient with
kernel/hardware programming to do that, still haven't been able to figure out
why it doesn't work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The card
does work in Windows.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<br>
Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Jun 15, 2011 10:30 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <<a
href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br
type=attribution>
> Can you get a parallel port card any more?<br>
> <br>
> -- CHS<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Michael Trausch <<a
href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Never had luck with them. They frequently don't work b/c they gobble<br>
>> characters out of the print job.<br>
>><br>
>> And the problems haven't been Linux-specific, either.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!<br>
>><br>
>> On Jun 15, 2011 8:57 AM, "Pete Hardie" <<a
href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> All,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I recent;y got a new desktop box, (happen twice every decade), and
it<br>
>>> naturally has no parallel port, and my old HP DeskJet812c can't<br>
>>> connect<br>
>>> directly.<br>
>>><br>
>>> So I bought a cheap USB-to-parallel cable.<br>
>>><br>
>>> But it does not seem to be successful - the test page print job does<br>
>>> not progress.<br>
>>><br>
>>> So my question is - has anyone used the cheap USB:Parallel cables<br>
>>> successfully before? Or will I need to buy the $40 one? Or worse<br>
>>> yet,<br>
>>> need to buy a new printer?<br>
>>><br>
>>> thanks,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Pete Hardie<br>
>>> --------<br>
>>> Better Living Through Bitmaps<br>
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