parallel printers driving distance on 3B2s

[Robert Claeson]

In article <1505 at nis.NIS.MN.ORG> pnessutt at nis.NIS.MN.ORG (Robert A. Monio) writes:

>We originally had a 3B2-400 here and had our printer(s) connected in
>parallel.  The length of the cable was about 12 feet.  We found that
>if we went beyond 15 feet with our parallel cables that we lost data.

I'm running some printers about 50 feet away over the paralell interface
of an Encore Annex terminal server. This can be done by using *thick* and
well-shielded cables. I haven't had *any* loss of data on any of the
(laser) printers.