Nightshade

Yeah so I was having trouble locating the parallel cables for my new printer because all the ones I had were packed away.

Well I found a stack of them today while going through a couple boxes

Don't it figure:doh:

HYBRID

sure does?

MPerson

That's good, now you have more. More is good. That is good.

AP2

People still use parallel cables n' shit?

DakarM

so how many spares do you have now :chuckles:

Nightshade

8 spares h:

Nightshade

yes n shit.

Its more dependable than USB when sending large files to a printer unless you are using a network based printer

AP2

Ahhhh....nice to learn something new everyday n' shit. On top of that, I wouldn't mind my printer to use parallel because it's placed where there's not much slack on the usb cord...and it's a bitch to reconnect

Nightshade

Yeah I print multi meg image files and its a bit bulky for USB and I would rather not take a chance on burst rate cables. Since Parallel tends to flow quickly it drops it right into the buffer then there is no risk of losing the info halfway through a print job. It wouldn't be so bad except the paper being printed on is a bit expensive and the ink isn't too cheap either so every file printed right the forst time saves on final cost.

AP2

Iiiiiinteresting.