Re: Deskjet 550C to AppleIIgs

[khym@bga.com (Khym Mahn)]

In article <2pjcqt$gnd@crl.crl.com>, Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com> wrote:
>Having used a HP brand printer with my IIGS for the past 18 months, I don't
>exactly understand why people are upset that the latest HP printers
>only come with a parallel connection. To my way of thinking, it's a
>blessing in disguise.

It's probably because hooking up a parallel-only printer requires
extra hardware that a lot of people are reluctant to buy.

BTW, Brian, why a serial to parallel converter and not a parallel
card? The card would've been a whole lot faster :)
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