Sangohn Christian wrote:
> Hello fellow Linuxers!
>
> I apologize if this isn't the right place for this question. I don't know a more
>suitable list.
>
> I intend to buy a scanner with a parallel port interface but I already have a HP
>DJ690C+
> printer which needs a bidirectional connection to the host computer)
Correct me if I'm wrong: This printer will work without a bidirectional connection.
The second
direction is only used to send extra status messages to the computer. We used such a
printer with a
Novell server (HP DJ something, it changes all the time), which do not use such
things. And I'm not
sure whether Linux cares about what the printer is sending as extra status messages.
> connected to the only
> parallel port on my machine. The reseller told most of these scanner equipped with
>an input
> and an output port so the printer can be connected to the scanner and the scanner to
>the
> host computer.
I've seen such connections, which never worked as bidirectional.
>
>
> My questions are:
> Do anyone have some experienced with this kind of "construction"?
> Can this disturb the bidirectional connection to the printer somehow?
> What about drivers aso? Do they still work fine?
I did not do it with linux, but I experimented with w95, and was running, although the
printer
connection was unidirectional (w95 drivers could handle that).
>
>
> ANY help will be apreciated.
>
> Thanks
