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Re: Vista virtual USB printer port issues

 
 
Malke
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      04-14-2009
scottsax42 wrote:

>
> I have an old laser printer that still works just fine except that it
> uses a parallel cable.
>
> I got an adaptor cable from micro innovations and their support is
> useless.
>
> The virtual port loads find (although there are extra copies now that I
> can't delete) and sometimes it prints
>
> MOST of the time, however, it won't print
>
> if it prints some of the time there HAS to be a fix? Right?


If you have a desktop computer, purchase a parallel port PCI card. I just
bought a Rosewill 2-port card for a client from NewEgg.com and it was
around $15.00. Much better solution than an adapter.

Malke
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