Printer properties and Print server properties
They would usually be called a USB printer. It can vary depending on what type of port.
That would be a network printer.
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.
When a DOS-based program has a problem printing to a network printer
Yes, you plug the USB port of the printer into the USB port in the router.
LPT1 : (Recommended Printer Port)
parallel port
The Dell D520 does not have a dedicated printer port. It has 4 USB ports, any of which could be used to attach a modern printer.
Since about 2002, a USB port is the most likely port to be used for a printer. <><><> A 16 bit parallel port can be used if the PC is of the old type that has one, but only If the printer is of an older type that has the appropriate logic circuits, connectors and compatiible printer driver software.
a local printer
If the printer is of an older type that has the appropriate logic circuits, connectors and compatiible printer driver software, a parallel port and/or a serial portcan be used if they are available on the pc.
It is known as a local printer, as opposed to a network printer, which is a printer connected to a network.