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From: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Should I connect printer serial or parallel?
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Date: 21 Jan 91 22:15:57 GMT
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In article <6117@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>, jin@spdcc.COM (Jerry Natowitz) writes...
>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


YES. Parallel can run up to 8 (I think) streams of data
in synchronicity, where serial can run one.



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