Hi Y'all, I have a two-week-old PowerMac "Blue & White" 400 mhz machine, which is hooked up to my Photo EX with Epson's USB-to-Parallel Port adapter, working flawlessly with the Epson EX driver supplied on the MacOS 8.5.1 System Software CD. I'm curious about the speed of this printer/adapter configuration versus a 1200 with its built-in USB port. I typically print out flattened RGB Photoshop files in the 20 to 30 megabyte file-size range, if that helps. I assume the 1200 is incrementally faster than the EX at printing-- I'm mostly wondering about the data throughput of the USB>Parallel solution versus USB-to-USB. Does anyone have any comments/experience regarding comparative performance? Is there any advantage or disadvantage hooking a 1200 up to a USB hub versus plugging it into one of the USB ports in the back of my Mac?? Thanks a bunch for your wisdom, all you lively, smart people on this list. Larry Auerbach -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please: Stay on topic. Trim quoted messages. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.