If this is the same adapter I got a few years back, it is indeed Linux
compatible.

-DMZ

On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 12:33 -0400, J. Milgram wrote:
> Just to follow up on this:
> 
> I bought a no-name USB-parallel adapter cable from computergeeks.com for
> $10. Might have some circuitry in the parallel port connector, but who
> knows. XP picked it up right away and I set the printer to USB001
> (instead of LPT1 or whatever it may have been) and it worked. I think
> the network server suggestion is a good one, but now I can get a USB
> version so it'll be compatible with the next printer I get (if this
> Laserjet ever does give up the ghost).
> 
> I think the one I got is a generically packaged Belkin product.
> 
> Thanks for all the suggestions!
> Judah
> 
> J. Milgram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?  Seems there are
> > adapters, but how well do they work? Do they tend to be Windows-only?
> > It's for a laptop so maybe I can find a PCMCIA parallel port card.
> > 
> > Judah (who doesn't want to let go of his Laserjet II)
> > 
> 
> 

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