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I too have experienced initial difficulty with the driving of
printers and embossers with my Mpower. I run 2 printers and 2
embossers, one being a Mountbatten Brailler. The only input they
all had in common was a parallel port. Thus I first tried
bluetooth to parallel conversion. This I found so unreliable,
and so long-winded, that I decided it wasn't for my situation. I
next decided to go for a serial-parallel conversion system. Now
I had in my box of discarded equipment, an old Eureka
serial-parallel converter. This successfully drove my embossers,
but wouldn't drive my modern printers. Here in the UK, Lindy of
www.lindy.com sell a serial-parallel converter which successfully
drove my printers, but not my embossers. So I have now a
switch-box system which connects the output of the Mpower to the
desired converter, and a second box which selects the required
piece of equipment. Techno-vision of Northampton still have a
few of these ancient converters in stock, while Lindy can be
reached on UK telephone number: 01642-754000. Finally, the Lindy
converter has a centronics plug on one end which will plug
directly into the usual parallel port of a printer, when
available; at the other end of the converter is a built-in large
type serial-female socket. If I can be of any further
assistance, please contact me privately, and I'll do my best.
