g wrote: >> More seriously, my favourite HP LaserJet 5L with a Centronics connector >> has been idle for a couple of years, since the last machine with a >> Centronics socket went to the computer graveyard. I've often wondered >> if a simple Centronics to USB adaptor could work? > > an HP LaserJet 5L uses a centronics _type_ connector, but it uses a > different communication standard then what centronics is. ... > if you wish to put the HP LaserJet 5L back in service, do not use a > centronics/usb adapter. get an ieee 1284 card. Thanks very much. I see I can get such a card very cheaply on eBay ... -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
