Using two printing ports

>My computer has only one parallel port for printing. I know how to
>choose which printer to use from the printer drop-down menu, but I
>would like to be able to switch back and forth from my B&W laser
>printer to my color bubblejet printer without having to disconnect the
>one and connect the other. Both printers use parallel ports. Is
>there a way to add a parallel port or otherwise solve this problem? I
>have a Gateway 2000, pentium processor and am running Windows 2000
>build on NT Technology. Thanks.

> On 27 Jul 2003 22:56:11 -0700, rvpatano@msn.com (Richard) wrote:
>

> >My computer has only one parallel port for printing. I know how to
> >choose which printer to use from the printer drop-down menu, but I
> >would like to be able to switch back and forth from my B&W laser
> >printer to my color bubblejet printer without having to disconnect the
> >one and connect the other. Both printers use parallel ports. Is
> >there a way to add a parallel port or otherwise solve this problem? I
> >have a Gateway 2000, pentium processor and am running Windows 2000
> >build on NT Technology. Thanks.

>
> If you have a spare slot in your computer, you can add a parallel
> port card. SIIG makes a good dual parallel port card for ~$50, so
> you could have 3 parallel ports.