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What controls printer? Driver or cable?
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Jun 21, 2002, 02:51 PM
 
I'm looking to pickup a PowerPrint or Belkin USB to Parallel cable to hook up my old HP 4MP printer to my new iMac.

But both (I think) don't support OSX with the software provided with these cables.

However, HP has an OSX driver for this printer.
So will this work? or do the software for the cable need to be OSX compliant too?
     
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Jun 22, 2002, 02:58 AM
 
Both are needed most of the time. If you use an adapter sometimes you need to use special software also.

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Jun 22, 2002, 11:52 PM
 
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by satchmo:
<strong>I'm looking to pickup a PowerPrint or Belkin USB to Parallel cable to hook up my old HP 4MP printer to my new iMac.

But both (I think) don't support OSX with the software provided with these cables.

However, HP has an OSX driver for this printer.
So will this work? or do the software for the cable need to be OSX compliant too?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Does your HP have an ethernet card in it? That may be a more cost-effective route. Pick up ethernet card off ebay, print via ethernet.
     
   
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