Re: USB and printing options
- From: tristram.scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tristram Scott)
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:58:12 GMT
In comp.sys.sun.hardware Charles Lindsey <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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)?
Perhaps it would be better tyo spend money on a printer with an ethernet
interface, rather than a USB to ethernet converter. You could also look at
buying a new printer together with a second hand network interface. The HP
jetdirect cards seem to be all over ebay. I wouldn't recommend a second
hand printer, but a second hand ethernet card would likley be a safer bet.
--
Dr Tristram J. Scott
Energy Consultant
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