[ale] USB to parallel port for a printer

[Michael Trausch]

Yes.

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.

The card does work in Windows.

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On Jun 15, 2011 10:30 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you get a parallel port card any more?
>
> -- CHS
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
>> Never had luck with them. They frequently don't work b/c they gobble
>> characters out of the print job.
>>
>> And the problems haven't been Linux-specific, either.
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!
>>
>> On Jun 15, 2011 8:57 AM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I recent;y got a new desktop box, (happen twice every decade), and it
>>> naturally has no parallel port, and my old HP DeskJet812c can't
>>> connect
>>> directly.
>>>
>>> So I bought a cheap USB-to-parallel cable.
>>>
>>> But it does not seem to be successful - the test page print job does
>>> not progress.
>>>
>>> So my question is - has anyone used the cheap USB:Parallel cables
>>> successfully before? Or will I need to buy the $40 one? Or worse
>>> yet,
>>> need to buy a new printer?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Pete Hardie
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