Re: [PARPORT] Two printers, one parallel port

From: Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu Sep 28 2000 - 06:37:16 EDT

  • Next message: Florian Sukup: "Re: [PARPORT] Two printers, one parallel port"

    On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 11:31:59AM +0200, Florian Sukup wrote:

    > In the manual I read, that it's possible to access both printers with one
    > parallel connection. I found an interface where at the DEC printer where I
    > could plug in the printer cable of the Canon printer.

    Two _printers_? I can only guess that the DEClaser 1800 does IEEE
    1284.3 daisy-chaining, in which case the way things are structured
    right now it would take a (simple) new device driver and some new
    device nodes to get it going.

    Does the manual say about any special drivers that you might need to
    get it going (on any operating systems)?

    > But I can't access the Canon printer this way just by specifying the
    > bjc600-queue. Maybe it is naive to believe it could work this way,
    > but it's my first time ...

    It probably just uses the DEC, right?

    Tim.
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