Connecting a printer to a Dell inspiron 530s

I just bought a Dell Inspiron 530S and cannot figure out how to connect a printer to it. There are no connections resembling the one on my old dell. thanks for any help

Newer computers do not have the parallell ports anymore, very few do, and thats in the case of Lenovo only on a very special request basis. Add on PCI Cards with Paralell ports do exist, but its a very fat chance your old printer is not supported on Vista, even with the use of such as device.
Save your money on add on cards and purchase a new printer instead.
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