> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:45:11 -0400 > From: Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X supports SCSI pretty well in my experience. My old mouse and keyboard > work fine too. My wife has a new USB keyboard on her 7600 running 10.1, > and it works fine too. > Printing is another story. My big disappointment with X. I'm spoiled by > my Epson driver (OS 9) that gives me lots of options, lots of > flexibility in choosing media, etc... I can't use my serial printer > anymore and an Epson SP 1200 I'm borrowing (w/USB) doesn't work in X > either. There is the possibility of using GIMP print, but I'd have to > learn a little more about it. > I have to boot into 9 to do any printing on my machine, as Classic is > unaware of hardware. I bought my wife a Canon BJC 2100 printer for $25 > new that works very well in X, though. With a cheapo USB card. > > -Ford
I agree with Ford that Printing has been the biggest disappointment in OSX for me. However there maybe work arounds. The makers of printers are at fault rather then OSX/Apple it would seem. Many serial printers also have parallel ports for use with PC's. It is possible to use Parallel to USB cables with at least some of these printers and use them in OSX. One guy has a web site for doing this and using Epson drivers. Also Jaguar has included with it some UNIX printer software which also gives hope of working with the Parallel to USB cables. The cables run $35.00-$49.00 retail and as cheap as $25.00 with careful shopping. I see these sold for PC's and Macs separately . So it may be we need the more expensive Mac version or maybe they are just ripping us off as usual. I plan on trying this with my Epson color stylus 850 which is one of the printers listed as working with the cable and Epson drivers. In fact maybe I'll go buy the cable right now while I'm thinking of it! Since moving OSX Jaguar to my much faster IDE drive the printer is the only missing piece right now. For the record I see no difference in the OSX Jaguar retail CD and the last available developer version. I could have saved my money but might as well support Apple in continued development ! -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
