windows 98 High speed parallel port

Frank D wrote:
>
> I need a laptop that can run a high speed parallel port for
> the purpose of uploading data to multi function
> printer/copier/fax/email machines . Is running windows 98
> the only solution?? What is the actual speed limiting
> factor, hardware or operating system?? My dillema is that
> my new XP laptop will not run high speed parallel port and
> my old windows 98 laptop hardware will not support new
> application downloading/uploading tools with newer
> equipment. Any suggestions??

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CBFalconer wrote:
> Frank D wrote:
>
>>I need a laptop that can run a high speed parallel port for
>>the purpose of uploading data to multi function
>>printer/copier/fax/email machines . Is running windows 98
>>the only solution?? What is the actual speed limiting
>>factor, hardware or operating system?? My dillema is that
>>my new XP laptop will not run high speed parallel port and
>>my old windows 98 laptop hardware will not support new
>>application downloading/uploading tools with newer
>>equipment. Any suggestions??
>
>
> Linux.
>


as a Linux user myself...
it's useless for those win-printers
 >> Stay informed about: windows 98 High speed parallel port 

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:20:09 -0400, "Frank D"
<fdo.nospam DeleteThis @cogeco.ca> wrote:

>I need a laptop that can run a high speed parallel port for
>the purpose of uploading data to multi function
>printer/copier/fax/email machines . Is running windows 98
>the only solution??

No, why would you think that it is?

Most often, the one and only necessary step is to go into
the bios setup menu and set the parallel port from the
default ("standard" or similarly worded, to enhanced "EPP"
or DMA).


>What is the actual speed limiting
>factor, hardware or operating system??

Depends on exactly what you're trying to do. Are you trying
to send more than (roughly) 800K to 1MB per second? If so,
parallel is just too slow for your needs, but most printer
copier fax email etc, machines do not need over 800K per
second. What is it that happens when you try to use it,
does it just take forever?

Is it possible the software itself is buggy and the job just
isn't spooling to be sent across the port fast enough, that
the slow performance has mulitiple causes? Maybe not, but
we can't see the system as well as you can so I
ask/wonder/etc.

>My dillema is that
>my new XP laptop will not run high speed parallel port and
>my old windows 98 laptop hardware will not support new
>application downloading/uploading tools with newer
>equipment. Any suggestions??
>


Xp should support an Enhanced Parallel Port. Look at the
bios and tell us what it's set to there.
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What I'm doing exactly is uploading firmware/software to
copier systems. Even if I set parallel port to ECP or EPP
it is very slow on XP. With recent copier equipment I can
use a ethernet crossover for real fast uploads but I service
many older models that only use parallel port(centronics).
I also use a USB to Parallel conversion but it only works
with a few uploading applications. The APP I use the most
can only go throug network or parallel ports. Which one I
use depends on the copiers interface. If the copier only
has a parallel port I have to dig up my old win98 laptop
which is becoming more problematic.

Frank D


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> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:20:09 -0400, "Frank D"
> <fdo.nospam.RemoveThis@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>
>>I need a laptop that can run a high speed parallel port
>>for
>>the purpose of uploading data to multi function
>>printer/copier/fax/email machines . Is running windows 98
>>the only solution??
>
> No, why would you think that it is?
>
> Most often, the one and only necessary step is to go into
> the bios setup menu and set the parallel port from the
> default ("standard" or similarly worded, to enhanced "EPP"
> or DMA).
>
>
>>What is the actual speed limiting
>>factor, hardware or operating system??
>
> Depends on exactly what you're trying to do. Are you
> trying
> to send more than (roughly) 800K to 1MB per second? If
> so,
> parallel is just too slow for your needs, but most printer
> copier fax email etc, machines do not need over 800K per
> second. What is it that happens when you try to use it,
> does it just take forever?
>
> Is it possible the software itself is buggy and the job
> just
> isn't spooling to be sent across the port fast enough,
> that
> the slow performance has mulitiple causes? Maybe not, but
> we can't see the system as well as you can so I
> ask/wonder/etc.
>
>>My dillema is that
>>my new XP laptop will not run high speed parallel port and
>>my old windows 98 laptop hardware will not support new
>>application downloading/uploading tools with newer
>>equipment. Any suggestions??
>>
>
>
> Xp should support an Enhanced Parallel Port. Look at the
> bios and tell us what it's set to there.
>
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: windows 98 High speed parallel port