On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Larry Anderson wrote: > > Serial printers with speeds as low as 9600 with absolutely no network > > communication capabilities also communicate on ethernets. In this case, > > all the network hardware and software is in the adapter box. These > > adapter boxes are usually configured and operated remotely. The printer > > sees only it's normal serial communication. These, however, do not > > usually do file sharing. > > Those adapter boxes run in the $100-$300 range... we use them at work. > Also serial printers are not too communicative on a network, most of the > time they just listen. Serial Postscript printers, especially as used in the printing business, do a significant amount of bidirectional communication. - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tcm.hut.fi.
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