>> I'd like to buy a Sipix A6 portable printer for printing boarding >> passes on the go since they can be had for around $20. It is said to >> work in Linux: >> >> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=SiPix-Pocket_Printer_A6 >> >> but that page only mentions the serial connection and doesn't mention >> the infrared connection. If it's working via serial, should it also >> work via infrared? If not necessarily, should it definitely work via >> a serial->USB adapter that works in Linux? >> >> - Grant >> > > Don't quote me on this, but in the past when I have used infrared, it used a > pseudo serial connection. This should mean that once the infrared connection > is established, you should be able to print as if it was a physical serial > connection. > > Of course, getting the IR connection established might be easier said than > done. > > HTH > > -- > Matt Harrison
Thanks Matt, I don't feel like coaxing infrared to work (never used it before) so I'll get the adapter. - Grant
