Where's my serial port?

I have two label printers that use serial ports - but my new Vista HP
Pavilion doesn't have any. Is there some connecting cord I can
purchase to get the job done?

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> I have two label printers that use serial ports - but my new Vista HP
> Pavilion doesn't have any. Is there some connecting cord I can
> purchase to get the job done?

Here are some solutions:

http://www.moxa.com/land/USB_to_Seri...FRHxDAodYn_trw

http://www.bestlinknetware.com/store...bcategoryID=15

http://www.easysync-ltd.com/

Google is your friend.

Questor

Here is an explanation and a picture of a serial port. Look at you
machine whether you have one of those. Usually they are present. 'Seria
port - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port

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whs

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:15:36 -0500, whs <>
wrote:

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>Here is an explanation and a picture of a serial port. Look at your
>machine whether you have one of those. Usually they are present. 'Serial
>port - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'
>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port)

Thanks - but I KNOW what a serial port looks like - and I don't have
one on my notebook.

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:14:54 -0400, Questor <>
wrote:

>--->
>> I have two label printers that use serial ports - but my new Vista HP
>> Pavilion doesn't have any. Is there some connecting cord I can
>> purchase to get the job done?
>
>Here are some solutions:
>
>http://www.moxa.com/land/USB_to_Seri...FRHxDAodYn_trw
>
>http://www.bestlinknetware.com/store...bcategoryID=15
>
>http://www.easysync-ltd.com/
>
>Google is your friend.
>
>Questor
Thanks for the information.

"whs" <> wrote in message
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> Here is an explanation and a picture of a serial port. Look at your
> machine whether you have one of those. Usually they are present.

Very few new machines come with a serial port these days. Some
have a header on the motherboard but no cable to the outside
of the case. You have to buy a header-to-DB-9 cable.

Tom Lake

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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> "whs" <> wrote in message
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>> Here is an explanation and a picture of a serial port. Look at your
>> machine whether you have one of those. Usually they are present.
>
> Very few new machines come with a serial port these days. Some
> have a header on the motherboard but no cable to the outside
> of the case. You have to buy a header-to-DB-9 cable.
>

In fact most laptops and netbooks these days DO come with a serial port -
for connecting projectors.

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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>> "whs" <> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Here is an explanation and a picture of a serial port. Look at your
>>> machine whether you have one of those. Usually they are present.
>>
>> Very few new machines come with a serial port these days. Some
>> have a header on the motherboard but no cable to the outside
>> of the case. You have to buy a header-to-DB-9 cable.
>>
>
> In fact most laptops and netbooks these days DO come with a serial port -
> for connecting projectors.
>
>
Of the last 6 notebooks I've had (personal and business), only one of them
had a serial port. Of the 8 or 9 projectors I've worked with, none used a
serial port to connect to a notebook; they all used either a VGA port or
composite video.

SC Tom

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:58:48 +0100, "Gordon" <>
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> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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> > "whs" <> wrote in message
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> >> Here is an explanation and a picture of a serial port. Look at your
> >> machine whether you have one of those. Usually they are present.
> >
> > Very few new machines come with a serial port these days. Some
> > have a header on the motherboard but no cable to the outside
> > of the case. You have to buy a header-to-DB-9 cable.
> >
>
> In fact most laptops and netbooks these days DO come with a serial port -
> for connecting projectors.



No, that's not a serial port. It's a video port, for connecting a
projector or external monitor.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:50:45 -0400, "Tom Lake" <>
wrote:

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>"whs" <> wrote in message
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>> Here is an explanation and a picture of a serial port. Look at your
>> machine whether you have one of those. Usually they are present.
>
>Very few new machines come with a serial port these days. Some
>have a header on the motherboard but no cable to the outside
>of the case. You have to buy a header-to-DB-9 cable.
>
>Tom Lake

Thanks. So if I buy this cable, where, on my notebook, do I plug it
in?