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Adding a Parallel Printer Port to an Android Phone -- Episode 553

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When did they remove Printer ports from smartphones? Or did they? In any Case Clem has a dot matrix printer from the flea market and wants to print from his phone! So he builds a piece of custom hardware to add a Printer port to his phone via the USB-C port. We see an Arduino Uno powered prototype, transfer the concept to custom hardware, cover some bumps in the process and write some code to make it work!

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Bill of Material:

Product Name Manufacturer Quantity Buy Kit
"PRO SIGNAL USB Cable Pro signal 1 Buy Now
"MULTICOMP PRO USB Cable Multicomp pro 1 Buy Now
D Sub Connector, Right Angle, DB25, Standard, Receptacle, 5504, 25 Contacts, DB, Solder Multicomp pro 2 Buy Now
 

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MAYER MAKES Printershield https://lectronz.com/stores/mayermakes

NEC Pinwriter 20 printer, but any centronics compatible printer will work

Smartphone with USB-C port

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo over 3 years ago +1
    mayermakes Very cool. I've recycled all of my parallel printers but I've still got my parallel ZIP drive. I wonder... Serialgang.
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    kmikemoo over 3 years ago

    mayermakes  Very cool.  I've recycled all of my parallel printers but I've still got my parallel ZIP drive.  I wonder...

    Serialgang.

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    kmikemoo over 3 years ago

    mayermakes  Very cool.  I've recycled all of my parallel printers but I've still got my parallel ZIP drive.  I wonder...

    Serialgang.

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    mayermakes over 3 years ago in reply to kmikemoo

    I had a PP zip drive, it was my favourite thing in the world! until ..the dreaded click of death.
    Iḿ sure if someone would be able to reverse engineer the protocoll it could be possible to networkify it.

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