Actually a number of printers have both Mass Storage and PTP (for
PictBridge) host mode implementations.
- Marcel

On 11/6/06, Mat <list@piccoder.co.uk> wrote:
> They are OTG usb, not a full usb host, they only support limited features
> and devices.
>
> Mat
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maarten Hofman [mailto:cashimor@gmail.com]
> Sent: 06 November 2006 22:29
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [PIC] 18F as a host and USB datalogging
>
> >
> > Are there actually ANY USB Host implementations in embedded devices?
>
>
> Not sure if you would call it an "embedded device" but many HP printers have
> an interface to get pictures from a USB flash drive. I would assume this
> requires the host protocol. It is a bit funny, as it looks as if you can
> plug the printer into itself, that way.
>
> Greetings,
> Maarten Hofman.
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