Re:Do printers benefit from USB?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 12/18/03 4:47 AM

In Reply to: Do printers benefit from USB? by cps1

The USB printers can be cheaper since the connectors and cables are that much less. The USB transfer rate can be higher than parallel and can result in less CPU load since most OS's 'poll' the printer port. USB is interrupt driven so you usually see less spikes on the CPU chart.

Let's bottomline this. Why not just connect it and use it?

Bob