On Apr 18, 2011 10:16 PM, <bri...@aracnet.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:34:37 +0000 > Leonardo Ruoso <leonardo.ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a computer without the old rs232, it's like a netbook, but it's > > running lenny. I need to plug a termal serial printer to it. usb to > > serial adapter (prolific chip) should be okay, but didn't work. When > > back at home, just plugged the printer to the serial and it worked. > > Plugged through usbserial adapter and nothing happened again. Does > > anyone have any idea? > > > > dmesg output when disconnecting and connecting back the usb2serial > > cable [ 1689.296172] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2 > > [ 1689.296404] pl2303 ttyUSB0: pl2303 converter now disconnected from > > ttyUSB0 > > [ 1689.296423] pl2303 2-2:1.0: device disconnected > > [ 1693.224040] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and > > address 3 > > [ 1693.387033] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, > > idProduct=2303 [ 1693.387039] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, > > Product=2, SerialNumber=0 > > [ 1693.387044] usb 2-2: Product: USB 2.0 To COM Device > > [ 1693.387048] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc. > > [ 1693.390133] pl2303 2-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected > > [ 1693.402159] usb 2-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > > > Did you notice that the device is now /dev/ttyUSB0 ? > > So whatever is talking to the printer will now need to be pointed at > the new device. >
You could also get a print server like an HP jetdirect and print to the server's ip.
