Centronics or USB

[Bill in SD, CA]

Just bought a new Epson printer. C-84. Read decent reviews on it.

Actually redeemed Amex points and the printer only cost me $1.61 out the door with a $20 rebate to follow.

Should I go USB or centronics with the hook-up?

USB = 1.0

And if I go out and get a PCI USB 2.0 card will the 1.0 inputs still work or do I have to disable something to get 2.0 to work?

Thanks,

Bill

[bailey]

you can hook it up eather way you want and it will work good.
usb will run many devives and use only one irq, if you plan on useing a lot of usb devices, I would recommend that you get a self powered usb hub, to take any power load off the motherboard.

[MrPurple]

USB is backwards compatible and 2.0 will work with 1.1, especialy with a PCI USB controller card.

As to which hook up to use, that depends. If the printer supports both I say use the USB, if Centronics than use that.