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If I have a converter between a USB computer and a parallel printer, will it
also work between a usb printer and parallel computer? (I want to replace 1995 printer which is connected to 1995 and 2007 computers.) -- Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus blog: panix.com/~vjp2/ruminatn.htm - = - web: panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm facebook.com/vasjpan2 - linkedin.com/in/vasjpan02 - biostrategist.com ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- |
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On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 6:43:59 AM UTC-4, Rob wrote:
wrote: If I have a converter between a USB computer and a parallel printer, will it also work between a usb printer and parallel computer? (I want to replace 1995 printer which is connected to 1995 and 2007 computers.) No, that will not work! So, you have USB on a computer, and parallel on a printer, and you have a converter to connect them? Now you want to get rid of the parallel printer and buy a USB printer? No, your converter won't work, but you won't need it anymore. You can go USB to USB. Maybe I misunderstood what you are asking. |
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Tim R wrote:
On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 6:43:59 AM UTC-4, Rob wrote: wrote: If I have a converter between a USB computer and a parallel printer, will it also work between a usb printer and parallel computer? (I want to replace 1995 printer which is connected to 1995 and 2007 computers.) No, that will not work! So, you have USB on a computer, and parallel on a printer, and you have a converter to connect them? Now you want to get rid of the parallel printer and buy a USB printer? No, your converter won't work, but you won't need it anymore. You can go USB to USB. Maybe I misunderstood what you are asking. I have not asked anything, but I have read what the OP asked and understood that he has a computer with parallel interface, and a printer with USB interface, and is looking for a gadget to connect the two. However, a "USB to parallel printer" converter (cable) will not do that, it converts the other way around (USB computer to parallel printer). |
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On 5/14/2021 9:23 AM, Rob wrote:
Tim wrote: On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 6:43:59 AM UTC-4, Rob wrote: trategist.dot.dot.com wrote: If I have a converter between a USB computer and a parallel printer, will it also work between a usb printer and parallel computer? (I want to replace 1995 printer which is connected to 1995 and 2007 computers.) No, that will not work! So, you have USB on a computer, and parallel on a printer, and you have a converter to connect them? Now you want to get rid of the parallel printer and buy a USB printer? No, your converter won't work, but you won't need it anymore. You can go USB to USB. Maybe I misunderstood what you are asking. I have not asked anything, but I have read what the OP asked and understood that he has a computer with parallel interface, and a printer with USB interface, and is looking for a gadget to connect the two. However, a "USB to parallel printer" converter (cable) will not do that, it converts the other way around (USB computer to parallel printer). Yes, it seems that he wants to connect a new USB printer to a parallel printer port on said 1995 computer. Even if possible, the computer won't recognize the new printer... good luck finding drivers for that machine, likely running Win 3.11 or 95. |
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In sci.electronics.repair, Michael Trew wrote:
trategist.dot.dot.com wrote: (I want to replace 1995 printer which is connected to 1995 and 2007 computers.) [...] Yes, it seems that he wants to connect a new USB printer to a parallel printer port on said 1995 computer. Even if possible, the computer Read again. Several computers oldest of which is 1995. won't recognize the new printer... good luck finding drivers for that machine, likely running Win 3.11 or 95. Generic PCL or Postscript will work fine with older computers. Also Epson compatible line printing. I have seen VJP ask about XP and Linux issues. I venture there are modern Linux distributions that can still run on 1995 hardware. Using network printing, possibly with a pi as a server, and generic PCL / Postscript is probably easiest for OSes of that era. Elijah ------ first used network printing in 1991 |
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Eli the Bearded wrote:
In sci.electronics.repair, Michael Trew wrote: trategist.dot.dot.com wrote: (I want to replace 1995 printer which is connected to 1995 and 2007 computers.) [...] Yes, it seems that he wants to connect a new USB printer to a parallel printer port on said 1995 computer. Even if possible, the computer Read again. Several computers oldest of which is 1995. won't recognize the new printer... good luck finding drivers for that machine, likely running Win 3.11 or 95. Generic PCL or Postscript will work fine with older computers. Also Epson compatible line printing. I have seen VJP ask about XP and Linux issues. I venture there are modern Linux distributions that can still run on 1995 hardware. Using network printing, possibly with a pi as a server, and generic PCL / Postscript is probably easiest for OSes of that era. Elijah ------ first used network printing in 1991 Of course it depends a lot on the printer. I have never bought "toy printers" so I have no personal experience with that, I always used printers that supported Postscript or well-recognized other standards. However, I know that printers have existed (especially on USB) which do not support any printer language and can only print a bitmap sent to them in a proprietary protocol. The Windows driver that comes with it does all the rendering on the computer then sends the prepared pages to the printer. No idea how common that still is. A "red flag" is "only drivers for Windows available for the printer". |
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On Sat, 15 May 2021 00:39:33 +0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:
In sci.electronics.repair, Michael Trew wrote: trategist.dot.dot.com wrote: (I want to replace 1995 printer which is connected to 1995 and 2007 computers.) [...] Yes, it seems that he wants to connect a new USB printer to a parallel printer port on said 1995 computer. Even if possible, the computer Read again. Several computers oldest of which is 1995. won't recognize the new printer... good luck finding drivers for that machine, likely running Win 3.11 or 95. Generic PCL or Postscript will work fine with older computers. Also Epson compatible line printing. I have seen VJP ask about XP and Linux issues. I venture there are modern Linux distributions that can still run on 1995 hardware. heh... Just for grins, and some actual, but seldom needed use, I have WordStar 6.0 running in xdosemu on my linux workstation. It prints Just Fine to my lan connected HP Jetpro M404n, even tho' WordStar "thinks" it's still printing on my long gone HP LJ III. Jonesy -- Marvin L Jones | Marvin | W3DHJ.net | linux 38.238N 104.547W | @ jonz.net | Jonesy | FreeBSD * Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm |
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