Re: Parallel to USB -- PCTECH

Thanks John. I may revisit the faxing again. I had given up on it.

Rick

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From: PcTech [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Jones
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 8:53 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Parallel to USB

Rick, my old printer, which I shuffled to a family member when I upgraded to the 8600, was an 8500. I had no problems faxing using my VOIP-based landline. I didn't do it often but the feature did work. Perhaps your VOIP provider doesn't support it or there was something marginal in the signal when you tried it. (Fun fact: The RJ11 cable I use is one of the old IBM cables they provided with AS/400 modems, 25 or so feet long & complete with the toroid on one end.)

I have not had to fax from our 8600 yet so I can't confirm one way or the other.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 8:19 AM, <Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can these printers fax over VOIP phone lines? I have an 8500 series
printer and it won't fax over my VOIP line.

Rick Chevalier

-----Original Message-----
From: PcTech [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
Jones
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 8:16 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Parallel to USB

If this is for home/SOHO usage, I like the HP OfficeJet 8600 family.
You can get them for $120-150 and they do the print/scan (including
OCR)/copy/fax, have good speed, duplex, etc. Connect via USB,
Ethernet, or WiFi.

The 8000 family's advantage over lower end/cheaper units is that
they're more efficient on ink usage. So they're cheaper to operate.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keyword
s=hp+8600

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Jerry Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

And that may be the rub, John. This printer is so bloody old; at
least 10 years. But it was a loaner (they had no use for it,
obviously) so my only investment was for toner and fusers

Sounds like a good excuse to go out and buy a decent printer. Heck,
might even get one with a scanner/copier; but, then, I wouldn't have
an excuse to bother my sister at work!

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
Sarcasm: The body's natural defense against stupidity.
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-----Original Message-----
From: PcTech [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
Jones
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 2:42 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Parallel to USB

You might also want to make sure the printer has Win7 drivers before
trying the parallel-USB adapter. Some peripheral manufacturers used
the change in driver models that occurred when Vista came out
(further refined by Win7 &
8) as an opportunity to end support for older models (in an attempt
to spur new sales).

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Jeff Crosby
<jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

https://www.google.com/search?q=parallel+to+usb&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&;
aq =t
&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Jerry Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is there a balun/dongle/whatever that can attach a parallel
printer to a system (Win 7 in this case) that doesn't have a

parallel port?

I have loads of USB ports! I hate "upgrades"!

Jerry C. Adams

IBM i Programmer/Analyst

When I was a kid, I wanted to be older. This is not what I was

expecting.

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