Compaq Legacy Port Module Port replicator

Advantages: Reliability is great
Disadvantages: price is too much, old, not very flexible

...Nowadays on all computers you will see many USB ports but some of the HP printers still use the old parallel cable and this is not good. I don't like the HP printer cable because I think that it is too heavy and is hard to move around because it is so thick. But the good thing about the cable is that it lasts a very long time as mine has lasted ages and reliability is great. The price I think is too much for this wire and I am not happy why they have put the price too high because this wire is very old. I first started using this wire with my old HP printer which I purchased nearly six years ago. The wire lasted very long but I was disappointed with HP as over the years they had not made a single improvement to the wire. If you want to buy this wire for your old HP printer then go ahead and buy it, it will last a long time. If you use... Read review

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Advantages: quick double sided printing
Disadvantages: High cost of consumables

...Hewlett Packard have excelled themselves with this printer. It is styled in grey plastic and moulded with a nice rounded look to it. The printer has both USB and parallel port interfaces, although the USB is a bit ropey under Windows 2000 until the latest drivers are downloaded from the HP website. The big selling point of USB is that it allows the user to easily move peripherals between PCs, but how often do you want to move a printer from one PC to another? The big advantage of this printer, and the reason for buying it is the ability to print double sided documents. An included module allows paper to be drawn back into the printer and printed on the other side. This is great if you have a lot of documents to print unattended. Otherwise, it is just as easy to turn the paper over by hand. The print quality is very good, but an Epson... Read review

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Advantages: Good build quality
Disadvantages: Dated looks

...This is a HP and this means it is build to the high HP standards. Perhaps not sleek and stylish but ridged. It is my view one of the best brands for technical and field use. Not much can go wrong or break with moderate use. The 15" display is great even though I have one faulty pixel after a year - only visible on an all black display. This is, to be fair, not a HP fault but could happen to any make that uses TFT displays - lets call it a technology related flaw. The build in speakers and microphone is great especially when combined with the build in Wi-Fi. Great for Skype use! The touch pad is good and it has a build in page scroller. The Bluetooth connection is great for connecting to mobiles or printers. A real workhorse. The RS232 serial port is great and left out these days on many new laptops. Thanks to the serial port I can... Read review

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