when the USB to LPT cables first came out Canon made a statement that they
were not supported for many of their devices. Contact Canon and verify the
classification of support for your device in this configuration.
--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Chuck" <cdkuder.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in message
news:eQF5kwy$JHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You may be able to change the parallel protocol between the adapter and
> the printer
> The printer you have is fairly slow, and may have handshake timeout
> problems.
>
> "Steven Gibbs" <stevenng3.RemoveThis@sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:7b90cdF21gfbqU1@mid.individual.net...
>> I'm trying to connect my elderly, but fully-functional, CanonBJ-10sx
>> printer to a new computer that came without a parallel port. I've
>> purchased a parallel-USB cable and that connects fine. Plug-and-play
>> worked. The drivers worked. However, the printer prints garbage.
>>
>> I put the printer into hex-dump mode, and it looks as though it is losing
>> characters. (The file starts 1B 40 1B 74 ... and the printer showed 1B
>> 40 74 ... etc. (using Epson emulation for historical reasons, but it's
>> the same with Canon mode).) Presumably the USB connection is too fast.
>> Googling, I haven't found anyone else having this problem. Does anyone
>> have any ideas? (Windows XP Home SP3)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steven
>>
>>
>
>
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