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Old 06-16-2007, 12:30 PM
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Question Parallel Port Use
Out of curiosity, I was wondering who still uses a parallel port for home use. Please post your reply with the name of the device you use the port in conjunction with.

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Mines plugged into something, I think it's my printer. Both PC and printer are about 10 or 11 years old.
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I have a couple of printers at work that are about 10 years old that need these ports because i dont feel like running to radioshack and paying $30 for a usb adaptor
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I never use parallel.
I used to have a Parallel printer but I could not connect it to my laptop because it didn't have a parallel port. So I called staples and they said an adapter would cost $40, so I just bought a new printer that connect through usb.
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I use older legacy data acquisition devices hooked up to parallel ports daily, and have several microprocessor programmers that still require a parallel port. It is getting harder to find newer PC's with the port and would like to find a USB to Parallel adapter that works, in that the DB25 connector is a real LPT port and not a Windows Printer Adapter that only works when hooked up to a parallel printer.
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I don't use them anymore all my devices are USB. But there are a lot of people that still use parallel ports for there devices.
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I don't use any pararell devices, only usb!
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strickly USB. i do however have an old zip drive that if needed would be hooked up to the parallel. dinosaur!
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on ym newest computer i have all usb . But on my older machine which still runs xp , i have a Printer on a PP
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