You are working as a senior technician at Domain.com. A trainee asks you which of the following IEEE specifications that specifies the criteria of the Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) for printers?
A.
IEEE 1284
B.
IEEE 802.3
C.
IEEE 1394
D.
IEEE 802.11g
Explanation:
IEEE 1284is a standard that defines bi-directional parallel communications between computers and other devices. In the 1970s, Centronics developed the now familiar printer parallel interface that soon became a de facto standard. The standard became non-standard as enhanced versions of the interface were developed, such as the HP Bitronics implementation released in 1992.