Hardware Installation 
2.7.3 Parallel Port
The system board has a standard printer port for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It supports SPP, ECP and EPP modes. You can set the port’s mode in the Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award BIOS.
Setting | Function |
SPP | Allows normal speed operation but |
(Standard Parallel Port) | in one direction only. |
ECP | Allows parallel port to operate in |
(Extended Capabilities Port) | bidirectional mode and at a speed |
| faster than the SPP’s data transfer |
| rate. |
EPP | Allows bidirectional parallel port op- |
(Enhanced Parallel Port) | eration at maximum speed. |
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Connecting the Parallel Printer Port
Attach the DB-25 printer port
cable to connector JP5 on the system board. Make sure the
colored stripe on the ribbon cable aligns with pin 1 of JP5.
Use a small nutdriver to mount the cable into a
cutout in the system chassis. If
your printer port cable is attached to a
connector JP5 on the system
board and mount the
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