[protomyth]

from an ad:

  With Microbuffer, you don't have to wait for your 
  printer to finish before you resume using your 
  computer.
  
  Data is received and stored at fast speeds, then 
  released from Microbuffer's memory to your 
  printer.
  
  This is called buffering. The more you print, the 
  more productive it makes your workflow.
  
  Depending on the version of Microbuffer, these 
  buffering capacities range from a useful 8K of 
  random access memory - big enough for 8,000 
  characters of storage - up to a very large 256K - 
  enough for 256,000 characters of storage.

[yitchelle]

Love the line "The more you print, the more productive it makes your workflow". I need to get that dot matrix printer connected up to my computer and start printing straight away, I can feel my productivity increasing.