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USB to parallel adaptor

  • 05-12-2003 5:05pm
    #1
    theshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    A friend of mine is trying to connect an USB printer to a parallel port of a windows 95 PC via usb to parallel convertor. Anyway its not working. In my opinion it won't work, and that the adaptor is for connecting old parallel devices to usb ports, is this correct?
    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    as you boot the machine go to the BIOS

    There are three types of parallel port , the BIOS allows you to set them

    AT (aka Bi Directional) is the 'old ' setting

    the newer ones are

    EPP
    ECP

    Try each in turn, windows will 'find' new hardware after each change.

    Maybe reboot once for luck after windows finds it and try then

    finally there is a property setting (device manager, find the port, right click ) for Parallel ports in Windows which is 'try not to use IRQ' , you may have to tell windows to use an IRQ so there are a few more permutations there.

    Should do it.

    M


  • #3
    theshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭theshadow


    Tried all of your suggestions but no luck, thanks anyway. I still believe this adaptor only works from a USB port to a parallel device and not the other way. For example, when I plug it into the usb port on my PC a little power LED comes on. When I plug it into my friends parallel port no LED.
    BTW, has anybody seen this to work? i.e. connecting a USB to Windows 95 machine via its parallel port.


  • #4
    tribble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭tribble


    No it can't be done.

    1. the drivers for the printer would almost certainly require 98
    2. the converter you have is to attach a parallel device to a USB enabled PC.

    Only common Paralell port Printers nowadays are the epson c62 and c82.
    Both still require 98 though.

    Try find a HP 3820 - it's only recent common printer that works with 95, it is out of production though.


    tribble


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