Today, the pPHowever, below is a listing of various hardware components that can be purchased and used with the parallel port.

Printer:

The most common use for the parallel port.

Scanner:

Another commonly used parallel device is a parallel port scanner. Parallel port scanners are a popular alternative to SCSI scanners because of how easy they are to install.

External Drives:

Another popular use of the parallel ports are external drives such as the Iomega Zip Drive, which can be removed from one computer and placed onto another.