because its shorter and the person/s who made it decided to call it that
USB port (Universal Serial Bus) replaces the parallel port
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to interface devices to a host computer.
USB is faster than a parallel port because it is based on a much faster technology. The bus speed is considerably faster and uses a more user friendly interface.
The only parallel to USB adapter I've seen is one which allows you to hook up a parallel printer to a USB port on the computer. You could not use that manner to create USB ports.
The USB part stands for Universial Serial Bus.
The answer to your question is NO. The HP 4200 does not come with a USB port, only parallel and optional ethernet ports. You can get a parallel to USB cable if you do not have a parallel port on your computer.
To interface a parallel printer to a USB port, you need a USB Parallel Printer Adapter, Belkin makes a reliable one that I have used for years.
A Computer Bus is usually the USB Ports, and there used for USB Plugging things.
Is the laptop not USB? Or is the printer not USB? Assuming it is the printer, there are components that will allow a serial or parallel printer to be used. Serial or parallel socket (female) on one end, while a USB plug (male) is on the other. There are also single parallel to USB cables for directly connecting the parallel port on the printer to the USB port on the laptop.
Micro USB is a USB connector that is very small (there is also mini USB which is slightly larger).It is a common connector for cellphones, tablets, and digital cameras.It requires a special USB cable, but is universal in the sense that USB is --- any manufacturer can use it. (Unlike, for instance, the connector that apple uses on the iPhone).
The primary difference is that a USB interface type printer requires the computer to have a USB port (as all modern computers do) whereas a parallel interface type printer requires the computer to have a parallel (LPT) port (which many modern computers do not have.) There are USB-to-parallel converters however which plug into USB and allow the use of parallel printers. Additionally, many legacy applications only have support for parallel printers, in these cases, in order to use a USB printer it may be necessary to create a virtual parallel port and map the USB printer to it.
USB mean is "Universal Serial Bus."