So get on e-bay & trade it for a 24 pin Epson LQ-850. Not sexy, but it 
works.

-mj-

Michael Havens wrote:

> 
> Well, as long as it works with the parallel is all I am concerned about at the 
> moment.
> Thanks for the info!
> 
> On Monday 21 June 2004 00:24, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> 
>>	Both my  Canon F-30 and my HP LaserJet 1012 have that kind of USB port
>>and the cables I bought have a connector for it on one end and a
>>rectangular connector on the other to plug into the USB port on the PC.
>>I assume the small square style is the std. device connector--except for
>>my 128MB USB "lipstick" drive. It fits the rectangular connector.
>>
>>A USB connection is MUCH faster than a parallel one, which makes a big
>>difference if you're scanning a large photo at high resolution-- 2
>>minutes vs 10 minutes for an 8x10 @ 1200dpi. (USB 1)
>>
>>But all of this is moot unless you can find a Linux driver for the beast
> 
> 
> Oh how right you are!
> 
> 
>>or resign yourself to using it only with the Redmond product. BTW, I
>>tried sending plain ASCII characters to my F-30. It sat there like a
>>lump & totally ignored me.
> 
> 
> Mine likes to ignore me as well.


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