Thanks, Justin, I think this probably will work. I'll try it if I can't find a way to direct connect the printer.
Tim On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Justin Sherrill <jus...@shiningsilence.com>wrote: > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Tim Darby <t+df...@timdarby.net> wrote: > > After playing with various device files, it's looking like this card is > just > > not going to work, at least not without more kernel skills than I have or > > possibly some imports from FreeBSD. So, let me ask a different question. > > What do you guys use to print to a parallel port printer when your > > motherboard doesn't have a built-in port? Can I solve this by using a > USB > > to parallel port converter? > > I've used RJ45 to parallel adapters (i.e. it makes a parallel port > printer into a network printer) at work, though not with DragonFly. > One of those may work the best because I _think_ it effectively lets > you print to the printer over the network using something simple like > lpr. Again, untested, but that's what I'd look for. >
