VisorCentral.com - USB to USB Printing?

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Posted by MacLevin on 10-09-2000 07:10 PM:

I have a Visor Dlx. and a USB Epson printer. Is there any way to print directly from the Visor to the printer (using my USB cable or cradle)?

Posted by MPM on 10-09-2000 08:44 PM:

Can't do it

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Originally posted by MacLevin
I have a Visor Dlx. and a USB Epson printer. Is there any way to print directly from the Visor to the printer (using my USB cable or cradle)?

Sorry, this is impossible.

The Visor is a USB slave device only, as is the printer. Two USB slave devices CAN NOT communicate.

By design the USB system is "host centric". This is, it needs a host computer - i.e. a PC, Mac, or Linux box - to control all the devices on the USB bus.

This is a serious flaw in USB in my opinion.

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