>I think hooking up a USB/parallel printer _directly_ to a 1400 is impossible >(I'm hoping this statement will inspire someone to prove me wrong). There is >no device or software to allow that to happen. Sorry state of affairs, but >that's how it is. You'd think there'd be a way to use the PCMCIA slot to do >i
It depends on what the meaning of "directly" is, to paraphrase a former US president. Powerprint adapters have existed for ages and ages, and hook your Din8 mac up to just about any parallel port printer around. It's not just a cable, there's chips and buffering and other goodies in the adapter. The makers of PowerPrint have changed a few times and I honestly don't know who makes them anymore, if anyone. It was GDT, then InfoWave, then Strydent. Outpost.com still lists the serial-to-parallel version from Infowave for $99. The comment was made earlier (if I interpreted it right) that newer printers drivers would only work well with USB (or something) even with a PowerPrint but I've had several versions of the Powerprint cable on several different Macs and it's always worked fine whichever parallel port PC printer I was using (many of which don't HAVE mac drivers, let alone USB mac drivers. So maybe I misread that comment.) Brian -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
