On Apr 24, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote:
So, it seems my USB-Parallel cable is somehow recognized by the Mac. Now I don't know what to look for...
My experience was with USB-to-Parallel cables that use the Prolific PL-2305 chipset. Parallel is known as "IEEE 1284" so sometime Googling IEEE1284 helps.
The PL-2305 is really common, and is recognized in newer OS X without a driver, and has a driver for older OS X, so it works with all OS X AFAIK.
This webpage has a link to the PL-2305 OS X driver and also a link to "USBTB" which I use on my Macs and this link says enables most USB-to- Parallel cables in OS X natively: <http://macosx.com/forums/hardware-peripherals/50457-prolific-pl-2305-usb-parallel-converter.html >
As a really long shot you might download the PL-2305 driver for OS X, and navigate into the Contents>info.plist of the installed kext and add your ID #'s for your Agere Systems chipset (sometimes these ID #'s are binary, sometimes decimal, so pay attention), and perhaps you'll get lucky and the Prolific driver may load and work for your Agere cable, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope. Better to install USBTB and check to make sure your printer is setup for using the Parallel port.
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