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Hardware Installation
2.7.5 Parallel Port
The mainboard has a standard parallel por t (J3 - Burgundy) located
at the ATX double deck por ts of the board for interfacing your PC
to a parallel printer. It suppor ts SPP, ECP and EPP modes. You can
select the port’s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super
IO Device” field) of the BIOS.
Setting
SPP
(Standard Parallel Port)
ECP
(Extended Capabilities Port)
EPP
(Enhanced Parallel Por t)
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.
Parallel Por t
J3