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Hardware Installation
LPT (Parallel) Connector
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Connecting the Parallel Port Cable
Your parallel port may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install
the card-edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system
chassis then insert the cable to this connector. Make sure the colored
stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin 1 of this connector.
BIOS Setting
Configure the parallel port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu
(“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for
more information.
The 25-pin connector is for connecting an external parallel port. The
parallel port connects your PC to a parallel printer. It supports SPP,
ECP, EPP and ECP+EPP.
Setting
SPP
(Standard Parallel Port)
ECP
(Extended Capabilities Port)
EPP
(Enhanced Parallel Port)
Function
Allows normal speed operation but
in one direction only.
Allows parallel port to operate in
bidirectional mode and at a speed
faster than the SPP’s data transfer
rate.
Allows bidirectional parallel port op-
eration at maximum speed.
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