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From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: USB vs. parallel port
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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?

Thanks for any help you can provide!


Nate


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