Two printers off one pc?

[Warbie]

Excuse me for being a noob, but is this possible? (i'm sure it is). My dad has two printers that he wants to connect to one pc. It's quite an old system and has one serial port.

Will we need some extra hardware/cables?

Any advice will be appreciated

 

[Warbie]

Cheers for that. I'm pretty sure both are serial.

I'll have a look for an adapter.

 

[Warbie]

Are you sure they are serial? Serial printers were never that popular with PC's. Older printers are normally Parallel, with newer models offering USB interfaces.

I believe its still possible to buy USB -Parallel ports.

You're probably right - i'll go double check.