Re: Best Parallel Card suited for use with Bubble, Ink, DeskJet or Laser Printers?

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Robert James Liptak <robliptak@delphi.com> wrote:

>          I want to buy a BubbleJet, InkJet, DeskJest or Laser Printer for use
>with my ][GS. What  Parallel Interface Card is best suited to use with these
>type of printers.

I would use a Serial to Parallel converter and run it at 57600 baud.

>Can the serial port even with it running at 57600 baud and
>a accelerator print just as fast.

You don't really need an accelerator.  The accelerator helps
with RENDERING, not the actual transfer of data.  It will
speed up the overall print job, but that's true of both serial
and parallel connections.

Will it print just as fast?  Yes.  57600 is plenty fast for the
speed a BubbleJet, Epson InkJet, or DeskJet prints.  For
a Laser printer of the Postscript variety, the parallel card
might be faster.  For PCL Laser printers, there probably
will not be much of a difference because at these speeds,
the actual rendering will be the limiting factor.

>I am interested in a Parallel like the
>Applied Engineering Parallel Pro Interface Card with Buffer Pro option since
>it has the RAM expansion for buffered printing. Is there another card like
this
>and is it expandable to the same size like a AE interface card with Buffer Pro
>option?

Global Computers sells a serial to parallel converter
with buffering if you add RAM.

>Has anyone got a Epson Stylus Inkjet Printer work with the Harmonie or
>Independence Drivers?

The Epson Stylus does work and prints wonderfully using
Harmonie's Epson LQ series drivers.  Only black and white
and grays, though, no color.  The Stylus printers have
serial ports as well as parallel ports, so you really do not need
a parallel card or a serial to parallel converter.