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On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:38:55 +0100 tom wrote: > I've just gone mad and while purchasing a midi-usb cable bought a > Â3.99 usb-centronics cable so I can move my ancient printer onto my > central server wot dont have no parallel port. > Anyone had experiences with them (parrallel/usb connectors that is) > and cups - good or bad - as the box is headless and it'd be nice to > know where it will go wrong.... > TIA > Tom te tom te tom Haven't had experience of them myself, but you should find that if it's a supported chip (which I fully expect it will be) when connected you'll have a new device /dev/USBlp0 (or something). So long as you have the correct tools under CUPS to 'drive' this printer, you should be able to direct CUPS to use /dev/USBlp0 (or whatever) et voila. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html