> I have noticed on the market cables that enable you to use a parallel
> printer on a USB port. Are there any advantages to use a parallel
> printer on
> a USB port vs the parallel port. The cables I saw were fairly expense, in
> the 50.00$ range.

     Not really, mainly these things are only used when you run out of
parallel ports and either can't or don't want to add another one the
"traditional" way. I don't see it being faster or anything like that (in
fact it COULD be slower if you're using other high bandwidth stuff on that
particular USB port such as a CDR burner or scanner). TTYL

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