Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 15:38:49 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: USB vs. parallel port Message-ID: <199912262338.PAA04024@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Dec 1999 09:14:55 MST." <199912261614.JAA07297@mt.sri.com>
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> A co-worker is looking into buying a printer, and was wondering which > kind would be better, USB and/or parallel. (There are also some that do > both). > > Parallel printers tend to load down the system when busy, but serial > devices tend to load them down even more, although USB is a whole > different animal. > > What are the trade-offs? USB is superior in just about every regard; a 'real' USB printer (as opposed to a non-USB printer and a USB-to-parallel cable) will be much faster, won't load the system down, and can do proper status reporting. The only downside in the BSD context is that our current USB stack is still pretty new, and has a few rough corners. I've been using a USB cable and a parallel printer now for more than 6 months with no real problems, however. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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