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<blockquote data-quote="medmandan" data-source="post: 1409082" data-attributes="member: 254329">OK, here is an update. USB-to-parallel adaptors don't work in the Mac environment without a special driver. I found a workaround in freeware called &quot;usbtb.&quot; Here is the description: &quot;usbtb is a high performance CUPS backend for USB printing in Mac OS X and Darwin. When used in combination with a printer-compatible CUPS-based printer driver, usbtb provides easy-to-use, high-performance printing. The installer for usbtb reduces administration burdens by automating the task of configuring, creating, and verifying new system printer queues.&quot;Unfortunately, when I installed usbtb, it did not include a driver for my particular printer. The &quot;generic postscript&quot; option did not work. But it gives me hope there is a driver out there that will make this work.So, bottom line, fellow sufferers: a cheap adaptor will most often work in Windows, but in Mac it takes more work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="medmandan, post: 1409082, member: 254329"] OK, here is an update. USB-to-parallel adaptors don't work in the Mac environment without a special driver. I found a workaround in freeware called "usbtb." Here is the description: "usbtb is a high performance CUPS backend for USB printing in Mac OS X and Darwin. When used in combination with a printer-compatible CUPS-based printer driver, usbtb provides easy-to-use, high-performance printing. The installer for usbtb reduces administration burdens by automating the task of configuring, creating, and verifying new system printer queues." Unfortunately, when I installed usbtb, it did not include a driver for my particular printer. The "generic postscript" option did not work. But it gives me hope there is a driver out there that will make this work. So, bottom line, fellow sufferers: a cheap adaptor will most often work in Windows, but in Mac it takes more work. [/QUOTE]

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