Re: [PCI] USB Printers on Legacy Macs

[surfsidesix]

I just bought a Brother HL 5040 Laser printer to use on my 
6400/G3400. It states it requires "a pre-installed" USB port to work. 
I have a Belkin USB 1.1 two port card I bought at Office Max with USB 
card support 1.4.1 and OS 9.0.4. It works flawlessly. This same setup 
works in my 7300/200 and my beige G3/233 with OS 8.6. I also got the 
Brother HL 1440 laser to work with no problems with the above 
mentioned boxes. My Epson 704i also works with this same setup on 
it's USB connection.

Is USB showing up under Apple System profiler?

Have you tried another USB card and/or cable?

(shrugs)

Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've never had a problem with legacy 
Macs and USB printers and I've configured a bunch.

My.02

Cobey

PS If you're looking for an inexpensive Laser printer that rocks, 
check out Brother. My HL 5040 was $199.00 USD and it's fast, smooth 
and quiet with beautiful printing. And the disclaimer: No I don't 
work for Brother, or any other entity connected to it nor do I even 
work in the industry. I'm just a satisfied customer who can still get 
all his SOHO work done on legacy Macs.  :>)



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