The generally work well, and alignment is not a major issue, but
perpendicular WILL NOT WORK. Ideal is parallel, and the more one departs
from that, the greater the chance of no signal. At perpendicular, the
beams would cross at a 90 degree angle, and there would be no IR
communication. W2K works well, in general, PROVIDED that the IR hardware
has a W2K driver.

Regards,

Charlie


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of rdavidl
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 12:49 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] InfraRed Port for Printer


I'm using a laptop with an IR port, and I'm thinking of getting an HP
DeskJet 990C, which can connect through an IR connection. I've never
used the IR port, so I'm interested in hearing if it works well. Is it a
problem to get the ports aligned -- in other words, do they have to be
exactly facing each other or can they be perpendicular to each other?
Any problems using it with Windows 2K? Any other comments?

TIA,
David Landau

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