Older printers connect to computers via a parallel cable. For the past several years, the USB connection has replaced the parallel connection for the vast majority of printers. Newer computers often ...

Parallel port access changed significantly between Win95 and WinNT - in '95 it was possible for user programs to directly twiddle parallel port bits but NT made that impossible (only a driver can ...

Device drivers are the programs that enable computers to communicate with installed hardware such as scanners. When a computer does not recognize an otherwise functioning scanner that is connected to ...

QWhen I connect my printer through a parallel-port Iomega Zip drive, I get too many overrun messages from that HP 4. AThe signals coursing through the parallel-port cable are bumping into each other.

I scored a used P133 laptop with 32megs of ram and a 1gb hdd. The only way I can transfer files is via parallel port. It goes bare ass slow to as in 20k/s. <P>I would like to run linux on this beast ...