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serial inkjet printer using usb

lyndelllyndell Posts: 1
edited 2006-12-12 20:24 in General Discussion
i was wondering if anyone knows who or how to drive the parallax serial inkjet printer card with a serial string through the usb port instead of a microcontroller through the three pin port.· any information about this or contacts would be appreciated. thank you

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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2006-12-12 17:41
    You would have to put the string into the SXes EEPROM as data and then call up the data as required.
    The USB is mainly a programing port. I am not sure if anyone has created the software for it to be used secondarily as input.

    You could connect a USB to RS-232 adapter to the serial input and have USB interface of the kind you want without generating any new softare.

    I am sure that you can find much, if not all of the documentation on-line with www.parallax.com

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    Post Edited (Kramer) : 12/13/2006 5:16:56 PM GMT
  • JonnyMacJonnyMac Posts: 9,213
    edited 2006-12-12 20:24
    You can send serial strings to the module through the USB port as well -- this is by design so that the module could be used in industrial-type applications with a PC. If you do a quick search you'll find the SX/B source code for the module here in the forums.
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