I have an installation where we're replacing a rather old Linux box with a new one that has no parallel ports. The old box has two parallel ports going to Okidata printers. The IOGEAR GUC1284B USB to Parallel Adapter cable looks like it might be a simple solution to this, but I would like to know that it works before getting a couple. Comments? Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 the incurable idiots may conceivably constitute an absolute majority of the population. -- H.L. Mencken
Bill Campbell wrote:> I have an installation where we're replacing a rather old Linux > box with a new one that has no parallel ports. The old box has > two parallel ports going to Okidata printers. > > The IOGEAR GUC1284B USB to Parallel Adapter cable looks like it > might be a simple solution to this, but I would like to know that > it works before getting a couple. > > Comments? > > BillI would generally recomend agains USB to Paralell CABLEs. Better find nice Parallel PCI/PCIe card and enjoy. Ljubomir
On 05/05/2011 07:18 PM, Bill Campbell wrote:> I have an installation where we're replacing a rather old Linux > box with a new one that has no parallel ports. The old box has > two parallel ports going to Okidata printers. > > The IOGEAR GUC1284B USB to Parallel Adapter cable looks like it > might be a simple solution to this, but I would like to know that > it works before getting a couple. > > Comments? > > BillI have been using a usb-to-parallel adapter connected to an old Canon LBP-860 for several years now. lsusb list it as: WinChipHead CH34x printer adapter cable I pretty sure I bought it from NewEgg. -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Sr. Software Engineer III Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110506/921e6c8b/attachment-0005.html>
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 07:26:43AM -0400, Steve Clark wrote:> >I have an installation where we're replacing a rather old Linux > >box with a new one that has no parallel ports. The old box has > >two parallel ports going to Okidata printers.> I have been using a usb-to-parallel adapter connected to an old Canon > LBP-860 for several > years now. lsusb list it as: > WinChipHead CH34x printer adapter cableIn Jan 2010 I bought a generic parallel USB adapter from ebay for $3.29 (inc shipping) and used it on CentOS 5 with my old old laser printer. It just worked. lsusb identified it as ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port Hmm, ebay description was "USB TO PARALLEL PRINTER ADAPTER 1284 CABLE 36 PIN IEEE". Yeah, this looks like the same model http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-PARALLEL-PRINTER-ADAPTER-1284-CABLE-36-PIN-IEEE-/130517298222?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e636fec2e -- rgds Stephen