2 Jul
2010
2 Jul
'10
11:47 a.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
New printers use a bidirectional printer port, does
the 286 allow that
(old machines were not bi directional, and you might need to set that
option in the BIOS).
I don't know if not being bi-directional stopped printers working, I
think you just got better performance if it was bidirectional.
No idea if the new printers have anything besides USB,
or if they
emulate the old HP laserjets anymore.
It's a shame really that the USB->Printer protocol, is a closed paid for
standard, as it should be really simple to use a USB enabled
microcontroler to sit on the paralell port and interface it to a USB
printer.
Cheers.
Phill.
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Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !
"You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.