Unless you have a need for the specific type of printing it is capable of, I would sell it and buy a modern color laser printer. These do seem to sell for several hundred dollars and with that you can get a 20+ PPM printer rather than 1.3ppm !!! Brother printers are a good deal, especially the factory referb units. Kevin Phillips KPIT Computer Consulting kevin at kpitconsulting.com Office (413) 420-0212 Cell (413) 330-7789 www.kpitconsulting.com www.wmassforums.com -----Original Message----- From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Stacy Kontrabecki Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:23 AM To: hidden-discuss Subject: [Hidden-tech] configuring ALPS MD 1000 legacy thermal printer ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** If you did, we all thank you. Loved this printer when I had it running on my pre-XP PC. These still sell for over $200 on eBay. Someone offered me $350 a few years ago, but I keep wanting to resurrect this gem. The printer ribbons are available again, after many years of scarcity, so I want to try to use it once more but: Mac drivers only written to support OS 10.3 at the latest. PC support only to Win ME. Installed the Mac driver but don't know if it will work. Parallel to USB Alps cable runs $100 online. Unsure if standard parallel to USB cable will work. I recollect that maybe it doesn't? May just order a STD parallell/USB cable online to see what happens. Do you have expertise with Alps printers? If I don't figure this out I'll just put it up for sale again. As I mentioned in my previous email, I need to clear out some office space! PS: I think it has a SCSII interface but I only have a parallel cable. Stacy _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members