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cosmin Full Member Offline Posts: 103	parallel port addressing Apr 4th, 2008, 1:09am   I was looking around and wasn't able to find a way to address the parallel port through processing. Isn't there a way to do that? seems pretty easy to me but just can't find how, and I'd like to control a relay board with it. thanks
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SpaceRibs YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 24	Re: parallel port addressing Reply #1 - Apr 5th, 2008, 5:41pm   I'm looking for the same information, I have an old receipt printer that I would like to write ASCII code out to, and the only interfaces I seem to be able to access are the serial ports.

cosmin Full Member Offline Posts: 103	Re: parallel port addressing Reply #2 - Apr 9th, 2008, 1:01am   I need a lower level access, so I can control a relay board. I think it's pretty silly I can use the more advanced serial port but not the parallel.
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