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Patrick Scheible <k...@zipcon.net> writes:

> Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> writes:
> 
>> I for one haven't had a confuser with a parallel printer port in a 
>> decade.
> 
> I have a computer with a parallel printer port.  The printer port isn't
> being used, and the computer has been demoted to gateway duty, but it's
> still working.

Gee, all four of my computers have parallel ports. But what I use is a
wireless router, also with a parallel port, connected to a Brother
laser printer with a Centronics port.  All the computers -- all Linux
-- convert everything to Postscript and talk to the router. The router
talks to the printer which understands Postscript natively.

I actually blew 30 bucks on a USB-to-Centronics cable because I know
that when the router dies, I'll never find another with a parallel
port. Only found a replacement 6 years ago after groveling through
eBay and getting it hand-carried back from the US. With any luck, the
printer and router will live forever and I'll never need the adapter
cable.  Without luck, the printer will die and I'll have to replace the
router anyhow.

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada