Sodding typical

Whilst I was off at the NMS training 2 TES kids how to pack photos Bruce & Sue collected the large format printer & encapsulation unit.

It's a bit old and beaten up but, after locating the power cable it turns on OK.

Then I looked at the connection cable that came with it: it's USB to USB. The only other connection on the back of the machine is an old serial bus. Either way there's no ethernet connection.

So we have to find a USB to ethernet cable, assuming such a thing exists.

Alternatively we'll have to connect a computer directly. Meaning that we'll have to move stuff around/remove it to put a table in for the machine to sit on.

Then we'll have to move emailed files via USB stick(s) to print from the 'puter (ie no direct printing from our machines). Any changes will have to be done on that machine too....

Update: We've plugged the machine direct into the back of Bruce's old mac (on a small table so other stuff has had to move too) while Bruce attempt to get a usb hub that includes an ethernet port. I found him obe in PC world that costs about £16. As this is the unversity he has to order one from 'an approved supplier' that costs more than double.