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USB vs. LPT1
Name: Jesse (by mooneyjess1999) Date: July 8, 2005 at 22:53:17 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: 550MHZ/ 256RAM
Comment:
Here is a question I have, ok I have a Cannon i860, it can use either LPT1 or USB. Other than the USB printing faster, would there be a difference in print quality between the two? If so which prints with better quailty LPT1 or USB?
Name: anonproxy Date: July 8, 2005 at 22:59:33 Pacific
Reply:
"...would there be a difference in print quality between the two?"
No. The data is the same.
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Response Number 2
Name: puppet1984 Date: July 9, 2005 at 06:29:17 Pacific
Reply:
you will notice a difference if you have any old dos programs that print.
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Response Number 3
Name: StuartS Date: July 9, 2005 at 07:59:57 Pacific
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The speed of printing wont be any different either. It is the capabilities of the printer that determine the printing speed, not the speed of data transmission.
One advantage of USB that it may free up the computer for other things while the printer sorts itself out depending on how big its internal buffer is.
Stuart
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: July 9, 2005 at 10:51:53 Pacific
Reply:
I would suggest using the printer port and save the USB ports for other things. The windows print spooler should allow the system to go to other things while the printer is printing.
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Response Number 5
Name: Rich Mentzel Date: July 9, 2005 at 11:39:40 Pacific
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I always use any other available capability for printing or anything else for that matter. Usb's to me are mostly unstable, suffer from frequent driver issues and as Stuart says the speed won't be any different on usb either. I have never seen any resource grab either on parallel port that Stuart alludes to "while the printer sorts itself out".
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