Could a wireless print server work with an older printer?

Michael Butash michael at butash.net
Wed Jul 11 17:12:47 MST 2012


USB to RS232's are common, I have half a dozen of them I use as console 
cables with routers and such.  Pick one up at frys for 10-20 bucks or a 
few bucks off ebay (from china, +2week wait)

You can get little bluetooth to rs232 adapters as well if you dig wireless.

-mb


On 07/11/2012 05:08 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
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> Or, is it possible to make a connection from a usb port to an rs-232
> connector?
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>> Recently, someone on this list suggested that I might be able to use a
>> wireless print server to hook up my printer.
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>> Could this be made to work with my old HP LaserJet 4 laser printer that
>> now has an old style printer cable plugged in to an RS-232 port on one of
>> my old computers.
>>
>> Now I have a newer computer that has only usb ports and no RS232 port.
>>
>> So, I'd like to know if there is a way to connect that old HP LaserJet
>> printer to a wireless print server so I can send print jobs to it
>> wirelessly?
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