[Suns-at-Home] What printer

[Charles Lindsey]

> Charles Lindsey wrote:
>> My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired.
>>
>> What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2?
>>     That means:  Parallel interface
>>                  Supported by Gimp-print
>
> At home we have a LaserJet 1010, which has only USB, but the 1015 is the
> same printer with USB+parallel. But this is a black & white laser
> printer, probably not what you are looking for.
>
>> Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is
>> there  any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an
>> Sbus 2 USB  card available?
>>
>> Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server?
>>

Thanks to the many people who replied, both on and off list.

Really, I am after an inkjet rather than a laser, but nobody seems to do  
an inkjet that will connect directly to an ethernet - i.e. with a builtin  
print server. It that correct?

Looking at print servers, the odd thing seems to be is that very few of  
them actually provide a USB interface (which is odd, because nearly all  
printers available now have USB-only). In fact, the only two that seem to  
be around are the Jetdirect 175x and the D-Link DP-301U.

The Jetdirect seems excellent for my puspose, but is conspicuously lacking  
on Ebay-UK. The D-Link seems to support LPD in some vague manner, but no  
evidence that it would work on Solaris. Anyone with experience of that?

And if I want to stick with actual printers with a parallel interface,  
then the only offering seems to be the Epson D88, and I am not really  
impressed with the Epson idea of having 4 separate cartridges (esp. if the  
black one has as little capacity as the others).

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