User`s manual

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Hardware Installation
Parallel Connector
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The parallel port is for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It supports SPP,
ECPandEPP.
Allows normal speed operation butin one direc-
tion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 operation at
maximumspeed.
SPP
(StandardParallelPort)
ECP
(Extended Capabilities
Port)
EPP
(EnhancedParallelPort)
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 the parallel connector. Makesure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable
isalignedwithpin1oftheconnector.
BIOS Setting
ConguretheonboardparallelintheAdvancedmenuoftheBIOS.Refertochap-
ter3formoreinformation.