Kathy, first of all, in looking at the manual, it says that this
discussion is outside the scope of the user guide, for what
that's worth. USB is now the universal standard for connecting
to printers. Plug the USB printer into one of your BrailleNote
BT USB host ports, and select USB as your printer port.
Though the BrailleNote mPower no longer has a parallel port, it
is possible to use a printer or embosser that only has a parallel
connecter. Using an Inside Out Networks -- Edgeport/421
multi-interface converter, you can print to a parallel printer or
embosser by plugging in the USB cable of the converter to the BN
BT, and the parallel cable of the printer into the converter hub.
This requires a special driver to work on the BN. No software is
required to be downloaded for this. There is more information on
this in section 6.8.6. Good luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: kathy davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:05:35 -0700
Subject: [Braillenote] Printers and the mPower
Hi, List and Humanware staff,
What printers have you mPower users used successfully with your
mPower? If they were not a USB printer, have you had success with
the USB to parallel converter cables?
I will need such a cable to use with my Epson printer, and
wondered if they're workable.
I could connect the mPower to the Canon printer my husband uses,
via the USB port, but unfortunately it was not supported by the
mPower even in the standard setting, hence the need to try my
Epson. We have a third printer but it's also a Canon.
Thanks for your help.
Kathy (still enjoying using my mPower)
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