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@Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 01:18:55 -0000
Subject: Re: Brother hl-1440 laser printer
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--- In os2hardware{at}yahoogroups.com, "Keith Myers"
 wrote:
> On 24 Oct 2003 07:15:23 -0000, os2hardware{at}yahoogroups.com wrote:
> 
> >
> >How are you handling bidirectional support, other than the proper
cable (have 
> you 
> >tried a lpt connection)?
> >
> >Is it a concern/problem with either connection type?
> 
> Duncan, I have not tried the parallel connection yet.  I do not know
if there is 
> proper bi-directionional support.  I imagine it is a matter of
whether the PCL4 
> driver in laserjeten.exe has support for bi-di via parallel cable or
whether you 
> have to use the old standalone bi-di OS/2 driver that was written
expressly for 
> bi-di.  Maybe some others that are using the printer via LPT can
chime in.  
> Cheers.
> 
> Keith
> 
> If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the
computer, a 
> Rolls-Royce today would cost $100, get a million miles to the
gallon, and 
> explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

Yup.

As I said, Hl-1440 prints thourgh an bi-directional parallel port just
fine.  I've switched to USB printing for eCS but I still use the
parallel port to print out of a Windoze or Linux guest running in a
Innotek Virtual PC running on a eCS host.

Joe Kempf

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