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From: root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: parallel printers driving distance on 3B2s
Message-ID: <202@conexch.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 88 14:49:59 GMT
References: <57@vsi.UUCP>
Reply-To: root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera)
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Organization: The Consultants' Exchange, Orange County, CA.  (714) 842-6348
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Keywords: parallel ports, AT&T 3B2, Centronics

In article <57@vsi.UUCP> friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) writes:
>Netlanders,
>     Has anybody had experience driving a parallel printer
>any distance with a standard 3B2 PORTS card?  I know you're
>not supposed to go very far but I wonder how far that is.
>I am thinking about 30-40' or so and would like to know if I


I have successfully extended the parallel printer cable to 30 feet, but 
began to experience intermittent errors at 50 feet.  I guess that's
about the limit.

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