non-usb printers

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Charles_Lee

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i have a friend of mine trying to use an old printer that doesn't use USB,
is there like converters so that he can connect this old printer to his new computer?
 
Yes i appoligise.

I didnt know the correct name for it,However i did know the converter because i had one on my old compy:D
 
AMD said:
Yes i appoligise.
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That's all right, I just like to keep everything correct.

Just for some interesting info, the term LPT came from the original port used in the 80s to connect to a line printer, from whence came LPT.** Most computers have LPT 1 designated as the parallel port (IRQ 7), but you can also manually designate different ports (like serial, or w/e) as other LPT numbers.

So you weren't totally wrong...:rolleyes:

**Nobody really knows where LPT came from, but it may have been Line Printing Terminal
 
Bobo said:
That's all right, I just like to keep everything correct.
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Yeah well thats the best way to keep things correct because then they dont get confused,I know i would:D

I just try to help people out with problems and questions that i know a fix too saving the more complicated posts obviusly for the people with more computer knowledge.
 
AMD said:
I just try to help people out with problems and questions that i know a fix too saving the more complicated posts obviusly for the people with more computer knowledge.
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Lol...well I don't always fit under that category, if you notice I wasn't totally correct in my correction either ;) Now we are both smarter because of it.
 
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