Re: [gentoo-user] Should this hardware work?

[Grant]

>> I'd like to buy a Sipix A6 portable printer for printing boarding
>> passes on the go since they can be had for around $20.  It is said to
>> work in Linux:
>>
>> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=SiPix-Pocket_Printer_A6
>>
>> but that page only mentions the serial connection and doesn't mention
>> the infrared connection.  If it's working via serial, should it also
>> work via infrared?  If not necessarily, should it definitely work via
>> a serial->USB adapter that works in Linux?
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>
> Don't quote me on this, but in the past when I have used infrared, it used a
> pseudo serial connection. This should mean that once the infrared connection
> is established, you should be able to print as if it was a physical serial
> connection.
>
> Of course, getting the IR connection established might be easier said than
> done.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Matt Harrison

Thanks Matt, I don't feel like coaxing infrared to work (never used it
before) so I'll get the adapter.

- Grant