Edna, Read about the subtle differences between EPP, ECP and SPP here: http://www.beyondlogic.org/spp/parallel.htm#1 You can purchase parallel port cards for ~$15-40. You may want to purchase a newer PCI card rather than an ISA. Here are a few examples from the WWW: ISA parallel port cards: http://www.jdr.com/interact/item.asp?itemno=gr-mct-1p PCI parallel port cards: http://www.jdr.com/interact/item.asp?itemno=gr-mct-psp HTH, Anthony > My printer port seems to have gone out on my BH6 abit board. I use an HP > 1000C printer on LTP1. Everything is set up properly, it just suddenly > quit working on this system - works fine on another system with same cable. > I even tried a backup hd that was a clone version of current drive without > effect. Bios OK. Device MGr OK. Printer setup OK. Just no data going to > printer. I can disable the ltp1 port in bios and buy an ISA parallel port > card. I notice they are advertised as ECP, ECC, SPP, etc., wondering what > the difference is and which type I should use. Any help appreciated. TIA, > EDna Sloan PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml