Andrew Stow
11-10-2013, 1:59 AM
I got an old Epilog Legend 32 (6000 series) from gov auction. Finally got it all cleaned up, lubed, replaced a few parts, etc... Went to test it tonight only to discover that I can't just plug an ethernet cable straight from my laptop's LAN card (Lenovo W500) into the engraver's motherboard. The manual calls for Intelliscribe to do that.
The only other way to send jobs from the laptop to the engraver is through the parallel port. This engraver is old enough, it actually has a centronix style parallel connection.
Unfortunately, my laptop doesn't have a parallel port. It does have a PMCIA add-on slot, tho. So would it work to use an addon card? I see some on Amazon for 40 bucks. Intelliscribe is $300!
Or how about a USB to centronix adapter cable, like this?
http://www.amazon.com/C2G-16898-IEEE-1284-Parallel-Printer/dp/B0000510T7/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1384066630&sr=8-19&keywords=printer+cable
Or does the Epilog printer driver really need 25 discreet, physical pins to send the data through to the engraver's MB?
The only other way to send jobs from the laptop to the engraver is through the parallel port. This engraver is old enough, it actually has a centronix style parallel connection.
Unfortunately, my laptop doesn't have a parallel port. It does have a PMCIA add-on slot, tho. So would it work to use an addon card? I see some on Amazon for 40 bucks. Intelliscribe is $300!
Or how about a USB to centronix adapter cable, like this?
http://www.amazon.com/C2G-16898-IEEE-1284-Parallel-Printer/dp/B0000510T7/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1384066630&sr=8-19&keywords=printer+cable
Or does the Epilog printer driver really need 25 discreet, physical pins to send the data through to the engraver's MB?