In the early days of personal computing a parallel printer cable could refer to any of a wide range of cables that connected a computer and a printer. Over time, standards were established or adopted, ...

Older printers connect to computers via a parallel cable. For the past several years, the USB connection has replaced the parallel connection for the vast majority of printers. Newer computers often ...

I never noticed much a difference. I say go USB simply because it's better to pay $5 for a cable than $30 for a cable that does the same thing.

A series of metal wires that enable multiple bits of data to be transferred simultaneously. Parallel cables have mostly given way to serial cables, where data is transferred one bit after another. See ...

Q. I have several DOS programs that I still use, running under the DOS prompt in Windows 98. One of them provides printer output, but only to the parallel port. My printer is connected to a USB port.