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From: daviddschool on 25 Apr 2010 23:19
I have a HP 5L laser printer that is my workhorse. Since I have
upgraded my computer, the new mobo doesn't have a parallel port
connection. I went out and bought a PCI card with a parallel port,
but found out the cord was too short for my case and hence I can't use
it. So now I went out and bought a USB to parallel cable.
When I plug in the cable, XP recognizes it. But when I go to print I
either get an error or nothing happens. Any ideas how to fix this?
From: Paul on 26 Apr 2010 05:07
daviddschool wrote:
> I have a HP 5L laser printer that is my workhorse. Since I have
> upgraded my computer, the new mobo doesn't have a parallel port
> connection. I went out and bought a PCI card with a parallel port,
> but found out the cord was too short for my case and hence I can't use
> it. So now I went out and bought a USB to parallel cable.
> When I plug in the cable, XP recognizes it. But when I go to print I
> either get an error or nothing happens. Any ideas how to fix this?

There is a difference between a motherboard parallel port,
a PCI parallel port, and a USB printer cable.

The motherboard parallel port, likely sits in the I/O space.
Legacy applications back to Adam and Eve, likely work on that
hardware. The SuperI/O chip could be the chip supporting the
interface.

(Example of a SuperI/O chip with a parallel port on it. This is
the chip on my motherboard, and my motherboard has no parallel
port. It means the hardware function still exists, but is not
wired up.)

http://www.nuvoton.com/NR/rdonlyres/7E862DA6-DFBD-4FAC-A2E0-D549FF86663C/0/W83627DHGP_W83627DHGPT.pdf

The PCI card probably supports most of what the SuperI/O chip
provides. Here is a manual for one of those cards, with
examples of things to play with.

http://www.lavalink.com/dev/fileadmin/manuals/parallel_pci_manual.pdf

The USB printer cable is a *printer* cable. Microsoft provides a
protocol stack in the OS, to support that function. The USB printer
cable doesn't support all the operating modes, that the other two
kinds of hardware might have. The problem is the software for
the driver. And I'm not aware of any USB parallel port hardware,
where the manufacturer did write a driver for the job of supporting
all the modes.

There is an example description here, of an installation. It claims
a Windows device driver for the USB printer cable.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16812156012&Pagesize=100

"Pros: Works great with Windows 7 and old HP LaserJet 4, no issues found...

1. Plug in the cable to the PC and let Windows install a device driver
2. Plug in the printer and goto Control Panel/Devices and Printers/Add Printer...
select the HP LaserJet 4 and follow Windows instructions
3. In Devices and Printers, right-click the printer and choose Printer Properties.
On the Ports tab, check the USB002 Virtual Printer Port for USB and click OK.
4. Print a test page to verify operation.

Takes 5 minutes to setup and get working."

Depending on your printer's requirements, it is possible the USB printer
cable isn't going to work. Try the PCI card instead, and see what
you can get from that.

Paul
From: daviddschool on 26 Apr 2010 19:12
On Apr 26, 11:07 am, "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> wrote:
> >I have a HP 5L laser printer that is my workhorse.  Since I have
> >upgraded my computer, the new mobo doesn't have a parallel port
> >connection.  I went out and bought a PCI card with a parallel port,
> >but found out the cord was too short for my case and hence I can't use
> >it.  So now I went out and bought a USB to parallel cable.
> >When I plug in the cable, XP recognizes it.  But when I go to print I
> >either get an error or nothing happens.  Any ideas how to fix this?
>
> If this is an Intel based system, you may want to try installing the
> Chipset Drivers. See if it helps any:http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18033&...
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

IT is an AMD based system.

I have tried the Virtual USB and no go. It doesn't seem to want to
print a test page.
From: Elmo on 26 Apr 2010 20:39
daviddschool wrote:
> On Apr 26, 11:07 am, "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> wrote:
>>> I have an HP 5L laser printer that is my workhorse. Since I have
>>> upgraded my computer, the new mobo doesn't have a parallel port
>>> connection. I went out and bought a PCI card with a parallel port,
>>> but found out the cord was too short for my case and hence I can't use
>>> it. So now I went out and bought a USB to parallel cable.
>>> When I plug in the cable, XP recognizes it. But when I go to print I
>>> either get an error or nothing happens. Any ideas how to fix this?
>> If this is an Intel based system, you may want to try installing the
>> Chipset Drivers. See if it helps any:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18033&...
>>
>> - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]
>
> IT is an AMD based system.
>
> I have tried the Virtual USB and no go. It doesn't seem to want to
> print a test page.

You might need USB printer port drivers for the printer. I didn't see
one listed for that printer at
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=15005&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25480&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=228
so you might look through the printer properties, Ports tab, and select
a "virtual printer port for USB", if one was created by the adapter
software.

--
Joe =o)
From: daviddschool on 27 Apr 2010 11:35

> How long of a Parallel cable do you need? They have ones 10 -15 feet
> ones, probably cheap on eBay. Another possibility is a IEEE-1284
> printer server.
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]- Hide quoted text -

No the cable from the MOBO to the slot in the back is too short - the
internals.

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