Helmut Jarausch writes:
> >> The reason is the following bug.
> >> To use an old printer (no USB connector) I've purchased
> >> a USB-to-parallel adapater (since some software like VirtualBox
> >> cannot handle the parallel port).
[...]
> First, for my PC at home, I don't have a local network and my old
> printer cannot be connected to a network.
>
> Here, at our institute, we have some small (old) printers within a
> small office (in addition to copiers connected by TCP/IP)
There are also cheap ethernet-to-parallel adapters that you could use
instead of the usb-to-parallel one. Or add an ethernet-to-usb adapter to
the chain :)
Wonko
