In , on 05/25/04 
   at 11:28 PM, Franklin  said:

>And with the rest of the messages today, I have a theory.  The lexmark
>parallel printer is bidirectional and must communicate with the driver on
>lines other than the data lines in the parallel connection. These don't
>make it through the usb-parallel converter, so the pretty much plug &
>play Lexmark isn't printing....

>Therefore this Lexmark may not work with the usb setup. Someone may blow
>this theory out of the water, but for now, I'm sticking with it.


Good suggestion, but I don't think so for two reasons:

- At least one of the two USB to parallel cables is clearly marked
bidirectional;

- Chuck McKinnis say that he has the exact same printer working with a USB
to parallel cable.

Thanks, though. 

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