In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roy wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
My "brother in law" works for lexmark (senior sales director) and I asked him why Parallel has become extinct on "cheap" inkjets - he said ( as far as he knows) it is because the Parallel interface is copyrighted and owned by centronics, and royalties must be paid, whereas USB can be adopted for free - therefore an extra few pence profit in the cheaper range printers by adopting USB only.
This is only part of the story. There is also a general move by the computer industry to have fewer interfaces and, by extension, fewer drivers on a system. USB II is much faster than Parallel - actually even USB 1.1 was. They also want to lose the PS/2 ports and use USB for keyboard and mouse as well. It is all part of the way that the physical makeup of the modern computer is being steered. As I have said before the floppy drive is going too!.
Umm ... the iMAC went this way some time ago.
USB for keyboard and any external device ( e.g, digital camera ), and of course no floppy disk drive ...
-- Malcolm Cadman
