Re: [Thinkpad] thinkpad infrared

You can also print through infra-red.

Canon and HP make portable IR equipped printers, some of them even have
a battery.
Also some big HP laser printers have an IR port on the front, though not
many people are aware of it. Saved me once !

> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:47:17 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Kev <co273@bfn.org>
> To: Ronny Hippler <bmwz3@attglobal.net>
> cc: Thinkpad List <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] thinkpad infrared
>
> Mostly PDA synch stuff, maybe programming your LEGO Mindstorm RCX
> controller, and in Linux, PERHAPS to use your laptop as a huge remote
> control for your household electronics. Well, you can always use it as a
> lazy way to do very short distance, line of sight, peer-to-peer networking
> on that 4MBps IR port.
>
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Ronny Hippler wrote:
>
>
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>>On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:06:33 +0300, dim wrote:
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>>>what can be done with the thinkpads (i have a tp570) infrared
>>>port. What do you use it for? Just curious if I could use it for
>>>anything interesting,
>>
>>I use it to synchronize my palm PDA. other than that I keep it covered because
>>it really messes with remote control of my tivos.
>>

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