Hi Folks,
I would like my Parallel port dongle to be kept in the office where it can't get "missplaced" and also so I can borrow it to use on my office pc,
but my CAM PC is down 60' away at the other end of the building.
I could make up a screened cable that long but don't really want to have to run expensive multicore screened cable that distance (it would have to be good stuff to work that distance).
You used to be able to by a box that will let you run a parallel port printers remotely by using your mains cable (a bit like power plug ethernet ports) but with the advent of ethernet they got discontinued.
Has anyone had much luck with using Parallel Dongles hanging on the end of USB to 25w Parallel adapters ? or running them on the end of a network print server ?
I've tried a couple of different brands and can't get either of them to work, but I have heard that some types will work ok with Hasp type dongles.
Any thoughts ?
I would like my Parallel port dongle to be kept in the office where it can't get "missplaced" and also so I can borrow it to use on my office pc,
but my CAM PC is down 60' away at the other end of the building.
I could make up a screened cable that long but don't really want to have to run expensive multicore screened cable that distance (it would have to be good stuff to work that distance).
You used to be able to by a box that will let you run a parallel port printers remotely by using your mains cable (a bit like power plug ethernet ports) but with the advent of ethernet they got discontinued.
Has anyone had much luck with using Parallel Dongles hanging on the end of USB to 25w Parallel adapters ? or running them on the end of a network print server ?
I've tried a couple of different brands and can't get either of them to work, but I have heard that some types will work ok with Hasp type dongles.
Any thoughts ?