Fun with cables
May. 4th, 2005 09:10 pmI was pretty excited a few days ago when
atimson on
karentraviss's LJ referred me to a site that had Mac drivers for my favorite old faithful parallel-only HP 1100 LaserJet, as well as to an online shop that sold parallel-to-USB adapters. I downloaded the drivers, then purchased the cable and waitedwaitedwaited until today when the cable arrived--and I opened the box--only to find--that the cable didn't fit.
Most adapters are apparently Type B parallel-to-USB. My HP1100 uses the less common Type C parallel connector, dammit. C-to-USB adapters are apparently rare to nonexistent. There was even a discussion about it in one of the HP chatrooms--that's how I found out what type of adapter I needed.
Well, Belkin claims that if they don't have an adapter in stock, they will make it. I will give them a call tomorrow and see whether they can tackle this.
Now, isn't there an issue when printer cables are too long? The cable I do have is a Type C (Centronics 36F) to a DB25M. Add a DB25F to USB A and I should be good to go, unless the 12' or so cord is an issue.
The things I'm going through to try and get this printer going...
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Most adapters are apparently Type B parallel-to-USB. My HP1100 uses the less common Type C parallel connector, dammit. C-to-USB adapters are apparently rare to nonexistent. There was even a discussion about it in one of the HP chatrooms--that's how I found out what type of adapter I needed.
Well, Belkin claims that if they don't have an adapter in stock, they will make it. I will give them a call tomorrow and see whether they can tackle this.
Now, isn't there an issue when printer cables are too long? The cable I do have is a Type C (Centronics 36F) to a DB25M. Add a DB25F to USB A and I should be good to go, unless the 12' or so cord is an issue.
The things I'm going through to try and get this printer going...