[iyonix-support] Re: Why is the USB connection greyed out?

  • From: Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:23:05 +0100

In message <4c20d7ff4e.davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Dave Higton <davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the members of SAUG has an Iyonix (must be quite old, given
> that he is currently upgrading from 5.03 to 5.13) but can't print
> to a USB printer.  He is using Printers 1.72, but the Connections
> dialogue box has the Universal Serial Bus entry greyed out, so he
> is naturally unable to select it.  He has an Epson Stylus Color
> 680 printer, and a Belkin USB-parallel interface (sorry, I can't
> remember the model number).  When I spoke to him yesterday, the
> printer was connected via the Belkin interface and /not/ directly.
> The Belkin interface is seen by !USBInfo as a printer.

> So, what else is necessary to activate the USB connection method?

Try PrtSet2USB by Ian Hamilton found at:

http://www.hamiltoni.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Doug

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