Connecting a parallel printer via USB

Hi all,
I have a laserjet 1100 which works fine on my RPC and would like to migrate to my BB xM. However, the lack of parallel port on the Beagleboard might be a problem. Has anyone printed succesfully from Risc OS 5.xx with a parallel printer and a USB-only machine ?

I figured something like this or this might work.

In theory, a USB to parallel adapter should work. I believe some models of the Iyonix came with an adapter, and CJE have a few adapters for sale on their site.

To get it to work, it looks like it’s just a case of adding the printer to !Printers as normal, then going to the connection settings window and specifying the vendor & product IDs of the adapter. However I don’t have an adapter or a printer to test it with.

Hi Jerome. Most but not all USB to Parallel adaptors work on Iyonix, I suspect the same will be true of BB xM, we can supply one that we guarantee works!
The two you link to have 25way D Types why go for that rather than the standard 36way Amphenol?

[snip: should have had brain in gear!]
Re software you will need Stefan Bellon’s open source RemotePrinterFS or r-comps network printer driver (which we stock!)
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Re software you will need Stefan Bellon’s open source RemotePrinterFS or r-comps network printer driver

Why?

Thanks for the help. After looking for alternative solutions, I also thought about network printing too rather than parallel (RemotePrinterFS seems to work on xM). Cheaper for me since I can source the print server locally and is a more flexible solution (no need to get the xM running to print from another computer).