Re: Parallel to USB

Well, I found out why the Brother printer, which I was thinking about, isn't
covered in the IBM Printer chart. Brother said it couldn't be used as an
emulation printer on the System i. Sounds odd to me, but I'll take their
word for it.

I found HP8600 in the Printer chart, though. I assume (please forgive me)
that the settings there cover all models in the 8600 family. I can find
8610, etc., on-line, just not a bland 8600. I'll probably get one this
weekend, and I'll return the old Laserjet 4200 to the company when I go down
to do the quarterly Save 21 on Friday.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
I'm kind of surprised I'm not an action figure by now.
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-----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?keywords=hp+8
600



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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