Parallel-port print-to-text?

[John Abreau]

I guess I just didn't feed Google the right search string;
that link didn't turn up when I looked. Thanks.



Nathan Meyers wrote:
> John Abreau wrote:
>   
>> I have an old Norstar phone system that prints plain text to a
>> parallel printer,
>> and the only way I know of to view the system's current state is to print it to
>> the parallel port. It would be nice to be able to get the config
>> details in a text file
>> instead. Or a pdf file if plain text is not possible.
>>
>> Has anyone ever heard of a device that hools up to a parallel port, acts like a
>> printer, and writes the output to a file instead of paper?
>>
>>   
>>     
> http://pcl.to/capture/
>
> Parallel port goes in, USB comes out, and some Windows-based software 
> handles the capture. I don't anything else about it - just found it when 
> Googling for an answer to your question. I never cease to be amazed at 
> all the gadgets out there to solve annoying little issues like this.
>
> Nathan
>
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