Many laser printers last for years, so businesses often keep older laser printers around even after upgrading other hardware. Many older laser printers use a parallel port interface rather than the ...

In the early days of personal computing a parallel printer cable could refer to any of a wide range of cables that connected a computer and a printer. Over time, standards were established or adopted, ...

An earlier printer that used the parallel port for a cabled connection to a computer. Today, there are no parallel ports on computers or printers. Either the printer is cabled to the computer via USB ...

There are four basic ways to connect a printer to a computer. It’s important to understand these before purchasing a printer or a new computer. Most old printers connect using a parallel port on the ...

If I don't run anything, it prints at the printer's "max" speed. <BR><BR>I'd imagine if the data is bottlenecking due to the parallel port, then you'd see an improvement going with the USB cable. I ...

On my main computer, I'd like to have 2 printers (since I already have them) but they are both parallel and I only have 1 motherboard header for parallel. Any way to hook both these printers up at the ...

The 24-bit I/O card project has been designed to function with parallel/printer port of an Amiga or computer using the Intel 82C55 I/O chip. The design of the device contains read & write strobe, a ...

There are four basic ways to connect a printer to a computer and it’s important to understand the connections before purchasing a printer or a new computer. Most old printers connect using a parallel ...

Sharing a PC-connected printer over a network is still widely practiced by many small businesses, but there are many practical reasons why this isn’t the best approach. First, you have to make sure ...

If you want to talk to a typewriter using something other than your fingers on the keys, you could do a lot worse than to pick up a specimen featuring a Centronics parallel port. That’s what happened ...