LPT port?
By bogdanel
@bogdanel (1208)
Romania
7 responses
@nihalnihal (660)
• India
21 Jan 07
How come this response has been credited the best response? The first response is the correct and the relevent reponse to your question. I am gonna mark something here.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Jan 07
The term LPT actually refers to the Parallel port, and was so named as an abbreviation of Line Printer because it was the standard port used for all printers. It became quite useful for scanners as well, and most scanner manufacturers would supply TWAIN drivers on their installation CD so that you could daisy chain the scanner and printer on the same port.
This was very popular for a long while and I used this configuration myself, but the use is very limited now due to the introduction of USB, which can support a great variety of devices and offers a much higher transfer rate.
Parallel ports are rarely used now except for older hardware, but I expect that they will remain a part of the computer for some time yet.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Jan 07
Thank you for the comments about my response. as for your statement, I do realise that they are still in use, and my printer at work is connected to the parallel port. My reference to the obsolete status of the port should have been directed at modern computers in the home, where most people have bought a USB printer.
@eu_ursuletzu (1197)
• Romania
2 Feb 07
WHAT'S AN LTP PORT???
its that litlt usb that you can take everywhere whit you?
@blindedfox (3315)
• Philippines
24 Jan 07
LPT ports are used for printers, although it is almost phased-out nowadays. Most printers now use the USB interface rather than the LPT port. =)
