 Usb Printer, possible using host port? |
 Nov 10 2004, 09:43 AM
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I, as I'm sure many of you, have a usb printer. I noticed from reading this forum that the little usb port on the bottem is for hosting devices. I was wondering if it's possible for me to hook up my printer to that and what software would I need to print out my documents and such?
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Feb 18 2005, 05:53 PM
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I'm sure you could do a great deal of things with Firefox, Openzaurus, etc... I want the machine I bought, stock kernel, the machine Sharp said "Hey this thing as USB" to work. All the jumping through hoops we do to get things to work is ridiculous.
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Feb 18 2005, 11:17 PM
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Ah... but that is based on the premise that sharp does software development
 Honestly though... I compiled usb printer and scanner support into my kernel (it is a recompile of the fast kernel sources from guylhem, and it runs on a sharp rom with no more trouble than an update and the removal of a module or two). I'll try to test it myself, and post any worthwhile results. So far, I seem to have been lucky about getting stuff going, but not so lucky it goes on the 1st try. now I just have to find usb printers and scanners.... |
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Jun 9 2006, 07:00 AM
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QUOTE(adf @ Feb 19 2005, 03:17 AM) Ah... but that is based on the premise that sharp does software development Honestly though... I compiled usb printer and scanner support into my kernel (it is a recompile of the fast kernel sources from guylhem, and it runs on a sharp rom with no more trouble than an update and the removal of a module or two). I'll try to test it myself, and post any worthwhile results. So far, I seem to have been lucky about getting stuff going, but not so lucky it goes on the 1st try. now I just have to find usb printers and scanners....  Did you ever get it to work with a USB printer? |
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zipmaster Usb Printer Nov 10 2004, 09:43 AM
lumi You _really_ should start out with the important s... Nov 10 2004, 04:18 PM sgtron I guess it should also be noted that the Hancom Wo... Dec 21 2004, 05:40 PM mimsmall Perhaps a small distro like Damn Small Linux is a ... Jan 19 2005, 05:55 AM
adf pocketworkstation should be able to handle that pr... Jan 29 2005, 10:38 PM mimsmall This site has some useful info for printing from n... Jan 30 2005, 06:18 AM mimsmall Here is another site I googled up.
HP Inkjet Linu... Jan 30 2005, 06:34 AM mimsmall Kindly disregard previous post. Jan 30 2005, 06:37 AM adf has this gone anywhere? right now I think all my ... Feb 16 2005, 02:13 PM sgtron Great, I look forward to hearing your results. Feb 19 2005, 01:55 PM rickh For what it's worth...
I have a Canon i70 por... Apr 2 2005, 09:34 PM sgtron Was there anything special you had to do with the ... Apr 4 2005, 05:18 PM rickh QUOTE(sgtron @ Apr 5 2005, 01:18 AM)Was there... Apr 4 2005, 07:48 PM |
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