You might consider getting a USB<->parallel adapter.  (I have one that
works quite ncely---and unlike the builtin parallel port, the USB
converter doesn't sap the system CPU when doing I/O...)

There also was mention of a little US $30 (roughly) device that can sit on
an ethernet LAN on one end, and talk to a printer on the other end.


...just a couple of alternative options.


  ``I probably don't know what I'm talking about.'' --rauch@math.rice.edu