At 03:53 PM 20/11/02 -0700, mac-at-ozymandias.unm.edu wrote: > >My mother wants to use a Postscript printer with only a parallel port >with her Beige G3, what are other people using? The options I can >think of are: > >1) I can get "Power Print" for $50, I think including the > requisite USB-Parallel cable.
Beige G3 doesn't have USB (unless you've installed a card). There is also a Mac printer port version, which I've used successfully. You can probably find a used one cheap. >2) An ethertalk to parallel adapter, if they exist. (She > uses a dialup connection, or else I'd use a TCP/IP to parallel > adapter that I already have). HP has a group of products "HP Jetdirect" that does that. Several versions with different interfaces. >3) I have a serial to parallel converter floating around somewhere > in the computer jetsam in my apartment. It just collects the > serial data at one end and shoves it out the other end, eight > bits at a time. Try it -- that's basically what the Powerprint cable does. Also many PC printers also have a serial (RS232) port. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
