This chapter presents the PC 98 requirements and recommendations for printers. Printers and other devices attached to parallel ports should be capable of high-speed, bi-directional data transfers. The design criteria for parallel devices follows the design criteria for parallel ports as described in the “I/O Ports and Devices” chapter in Part 4 of this guide.
The goal of the PC 98 requirements for printers and parallel ports is to ensure the following: