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Hardware Installation
2.8.5 Parallel Port
The system board has a standard parallel port (J4 - Burgundy)
located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing
your PC to a parallel printer. It supports Normal, SPP, ECP and EPP
modes. You can set the port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals
submenu (Super IO Device field) of the BIOS.
SPP
(Standard Parallel Port)
ECP
(Extended Capabilities Por t)
EPP
(Enhanced Parallel Port)
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J4
Parallel
(Burgundy)
Parallel Por t
Setting
Function
Allows normal speed operation but
in one direction only.
Allows parallel por t to operate in
bidirectional mode and at a speed
faster than the SPPs data transfer
rate.
Allows bidirectional parallel port op-
eration at maximum speed.