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From: jonb@specialix.co.uk (Jon Brawn)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: How fast is a parallel port?
Keywords: Centronics, Drivers, Hardware, Dataproducts,
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Date: 22 Mar 91 10:48:46 GMT
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In article <9103132036.AA25596@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU> wcs@erebus.att.com (William Clare Stewart) writes:
>I'm trying to find out how to connect big laser printers (50-100ppm)
>to normal computers, in particular to 386/486 boxes running UNIX.

>Are there any parallel port boards out there with hardware support
>and/or DMA?  It wouldn't take much to do some simple buffering.

The RIO Product from Specialix International supports a Centronics-style
parallel port. The cpu overheads are way down on the traditional PC centronics
interface. Contact your local area office for more details.

Jon Brawn.
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