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- From: davei@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr D Ingles)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Parallel Cable Info Needed
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.090259.29249@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 09:02:59 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.141216.17461@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
- Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.
- Lines: 17
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- In article <1992Aug19.141216.17461@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com> c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:
- >Hello Net,
- >
- >I need to know how much of an extension cable can I get away with
- >on a Centronics parallel printer. I'm looking towards, say, 15 feet,
- >maybe 18. Would that work if it's shielded?
- >
- >The printer is an Epson FX85 (old), and the PC is an AT&T 6300 (even
- >older :-)).
-
- 5 metres is the maximum length stated in some references.
-
- It really depends on how much money was spent on the line terminations
- at the printer and computer ports. I have driven a printer via a 100foot long
- cable before but the reflections were a bit nasty.
-
- Davei
-