>> Patrick Scheible <k...@zipcon.net> writes:

>>> Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> writes:

>>>> I for one haven't had a confuser with a parallel printer port in a
>>>> decade.

>>> I have a computer with a parallel printer port.  The printer port isn't
>>> being used, and the computer has been demoted to gateway duty, but it's
>>> still working.

>> Gee, all four of my computers have parallel ports. But what I use is a
>> wireless router, also with a parallel port, connected to a Brother
>> laser printer with a Centronics port.  All the computers -- all Linux
>> -- convert everything to Postscript and talk to the router. The router
>> talks to the printer which understands Postscript natively.

>> I actually blew 30 bucks on a USB-to-Centronics cable because I know
>> that when the router dies, I'll never find another with a parallel
>> port. Only found a replacement 6 years ago after groveling through
>> eBay and getting it hand-carried back from the US. With any luck, the
>> printer and router will live forever and I'll never need the adapter
>> cable.  Without luck, the printer will die and I'll have to replace the
>> router anyhow.

> I've got a 486 and 386 with parallel ports.  ;-)