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USB for older laser printers? - Mr Downtown - 01-09-2007
A friend would like to get his HP 2100M laser printer to work with a G4 iBook and OS X. What's the easiest and/or cheapest way to make it a USB printer?
Re: USB for older laser printers? - C(-)ris - 01-09-2007
I would make it a network printer personally. Get a Jetdirect box and set it up on his network, or direct to the ethernet port on the iBook. Way easier than trying to mess around with a parallel to USB adapter.
Re: USB for older laser printers? - mattkime - 01-09-2007
You'd make it a network printer by adding the proper "jetdirect" network card which can probably be picked up cheap on ebay.
Re: USB for older laser printers? - jdc - 01-09-2007
$2 -- pretty sure any of these should work
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=usb+to+parallel&category0=
Re: USB for older laser printers? - rickard5 - 01-09-2007
I have a USB to Centronics Cord for the Cube to a LJII
Re: USB for older laser printers? - BigGuynRusty - 01-09-2007
JetDirect.
BGnR
Re: USB for older laser printers? - what4 - 01-09-2007
USB-to-parallel cable is worth trying. Not all of them (it is said) work with Tiger.
Re: USB for older laser printers? - what4 - 01-09-2007
Also, I just configured a JetDirect card in a LJ4Plus.
Doing so required Windows Professional and HP's free software.
That's right, Windows Professional.
Perhaps someone else has a Mac solution. I could not find one.
Re: USB for older laser printers? - raz - 01-09-2007
JetDirect's kept my HP 5MP connected flawlessly since 8.1
Re: USB for older laser printers? - rickard5 - 01-09-2007
[quote BigGuynRusty]JetDirect. Good Idea Spend $200 when you can spend $50