Canon Portable Printer BJC-70

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Canon Portable Printer BJC-70

I have a rather old Canon Portable Printer BJC-70 that has only a Parallel Port. It works very good and the printing is great, especially on small items such as Index Cards.
Would it be possible to use this on my iBook if I purchase a Parallel Port to USB adapter?

Charlie

17" 1.8ghz iMac G5, 768mb RAM - 14" iBook, 384mb RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Oct 15, 2006 8:16 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 16, 2006 7:18 PM in response to Charles Hart

Hi, Charlie.

It probably wouldn't be worth the trouble.

Can you find a driver that would work in OS X for you? That would probably be a problem.

The price of printers is so greatly reduced these days that it's likely not worth the expense of the adapter, even if you do find a driver that will work. Do some shopping (and some hunting on the internet for drivers) and see what you find.

Let us know how things go.

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Charles Hart Author

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Oct 18, 2006 5:12 AM in response to Ronda Wilson

Rhonda
Thank you for your reply. Your observations are correct. Those cables are quite pricey and drivers may be a problem. I will just skip this idea!
And...if I would have done a search in Apple forums before asking my questions, I would have found the answer.
Charlie

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Charles Hart Author

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Oct 18, 2006 5:16 AM in response to Charles Hart

Sorry, I forgot to mark question answered.
Charlie

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Oct 18, 2006 5:40 AM in response to Charles Hart

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