Canon BJC 2000 question-1284 to usb
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USB to Parallel conversion requires translation by XP and Vista's
'hardware interleave' software as well as the USB device manufacturers driver.
The software package just doesn't work well with older peripherals that use
legacy parallel or serial com ports. Too many sloppy layers.
THE BEST WAY to add an LPT
printer port to your laptop is to use a PCMCIA to Parallel adapter card.
The PC Card slot provides access to the laptop's data bus, and the PC Card
adapter easily sets up as a native LPT port within almost any OS.
There is no delay, or connection problems as I've seen in so many
complaints about USB to Parallel or Legacy Serial adapters. Printing
is Instant.
PCMCIA is a mature standard, and works seamlessly with XP and Vista,
and almost any other OS.
PARALLEL is the old standard fast data protocol. IEEE 1284 ECP mode up to 1.5
Mbps.
The BJC-80 and the BJC-85 have the same print speed. The
BJC-85 just added USB.
INFRARED is ver 1.0 on the BJC-80, and printing is a bit slower at 115.2 kbps.
Even the BJC-85 with its higher IRDA transfer rating and a laptop's built-in IR
port, the XP print spooler has problems with it, and can hang if printing more
than one page, and especially with more than one document. It will not scan.
I use IR for printing single pages only
with either the BJC-80 or BJC-85.
USB to IRDA adapters work fine, and are less expensive $5-6
than
PCMCIA to Parallel adapters, $20-25.
I have tested and used several PCMCIA adapters from different manufacturers,
and they all work perfectly as a hot-pluggable, instant LPT and/or Legacy
Serial port for my laptops.
TIPS:
After installing the PC Card driver, check Device Manager for the LPT port
number.
Install the printer manually from the list of printers, and select the
proper LPT port.
Most laptops have two PCMCIA slots. If you change slots, the
adapter card driver may reinstall, and assign the next available LPT port,
LPT2.
To scan with the BJC-80, you must have an LPT port.
The PC Card adapter also allows the use of the IS-12 scanner cartridge
within XP or Vista.
Within Vista, set the Canon ISScan software to run in
Windows 98 compatibility mode, to allow use of the TWAIN driver.
Harbes is correct - I am experiencing the very same problems with my new Dell Vostro 1500 and Windows XP Pro. The BJC-80 driver is pre-installed and everything loads up properly, but it takes 3-5 minutes per page, regardless of amount/quantity of text or black&white vs. color document. I contacted both Canon and Dell, but neither had a solution. Dell claimed the 'translation' between the USB port to the parallel port was just more than the printer could handle. A friend of mine recently purchased an HP laptop and also has a printer with a parallel port, but has had no problems when utilizing the USB to Parallel connector.
I am experiencing the same problem using a Toshiba Satellite M35X that has USB 2.0, and XP. My friend can use the same printer via a parallel port, and the printer responds wonderfully. Going through control panel utilizing the Maintenance tab and selecting 'Nozzel check or Demo sheet', it responds immediately. However going to the General tab and selecting test page, we are back to the same time delay as using Word. I have exhausted Toshiba and Microsolf help without success.
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