Re: Deskjet 550C to AppleIIgs

[brianh@foghorn.cc.utexas.edu (Brian Huddleston)]

In article <2pjul7$ph8@lia.bga.com>, Khym Mahn <khym@bga.com> wrote:
>In article <2pjcqt$gnd@crl.crl.com>, Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com> wrote:
>>Having used a HP brand printer with my IIGS for the past 18 months, I don't
>>exactly understand why people are upset that the latest HP printers
>>only come with a parallel connection. To my way of thinking, it's a
>>blessing in disguise.
>
>It's probably because hooking up a parallel-only printer requires
>extra hardware that a lot of people are reluctant to buy.
>
>BTW, Brian, why a serial to parallel converter and not a parallel
>card? The card would've been a whole lot faster :)
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Heh...well, actually its because Jawaid hasn't written a parallel card
driver for Gno (yet?).  I run my system under GNO using fileport for
background printing, so I definitely wanted to use the serial ports.
Plus, does the Vitesse drivers work with parallel cards?

brianh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu