Re: Should I connect printer serial or parallel?

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From: Danny Low
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 1991 22:48

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>(Jerry Natowitz) 
>I have an Epson LQ800 printer that I will connecting to my not yet
>received PC.  Is there any performance advantage to using the parallel
>port on the printer instead of the serial port?  

In general the parallel port will be faster. It is also easier to configure
a printer on the parallel port. No baud rate, no number of data bits, no
parity to worry about.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP CPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com

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