I do have a small home LAN and the other (older) machine has a parallel
port. Unfortunately there's no convenient place where that machine is
to place a printer. The printer is inside my custom built computer
desk which I first designed and constructed circa 1987.
Chuck Norcutt
Johann Thorsson wrote:
> What about getting a cheap printserver and then simply hook up to it through
> the LAN? That is what I did, got one used from oBoy for about $25, works
> flawlessly after you manage to set up the ports correctly.
>
> Here I am of course assuming that you have a small home LAN, if not, then
> just ignore this.
>
> J
>
>> My new fire breathing Dell computer doesn't have a parallel port so I
>> haven't been able to run my laser printer. I have spare slots so I
>> could install a parallel/serial port card but I also know there are USB
>> to parallel converter cables. The latter I have no experience with. How
>> should I make the connection?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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