Should I have chosen Windows or Mac for this?
> On Nov 23, 2014, at 3:11 AM, Roland Zitzke <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> 100% agree!
> I use VMWare Fusion myself running windows 7 and I am working with unusual 
> USB devices quite a lot. I have never come accross a single device which 
> failed to connect to the VM.
> As silly as it may sound: Does the dialog come up which let's you chose where 
> to connect the device to, MAC or VM?
> It has a checkbox letting you remember your choice, did you by chance make 
> the wrong selection persistent?
> /Roland
> 
> Am Sonntag, 23. November 2014 06:49:34 UTC+1 schrieb eburggraaf:
> No, that isn’t right.  You may have an incompatible cable, but it shouldn’t 
> matter whther you run fusion or bootcamp.  In fact, you can run bootcamp 
> particians as virtual machines.  
> 
> I’ve found virtualization to be a very convenient excuse for people who don’t 
> know systems besides windows.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Erik Burggraaf
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 22, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Juliette Swiler <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
> 
>> Well, according to tech support from Enabling Technologies, the only way it 
>> will work is if I uninstall Windows and Fusion, and reinstall it using boot 
>> camp. The tech support says the embosser will only work in boot camp. This 
>> is really disappointing, and a major flaw of using fusion.
>>> On Nov 22, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Roland Zitzke <[email protected] 
>>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, these USB to parallel adapters are actually printer port adapters. This 
>>> means that they connect a centronics printer to your USB host. They do not 
>>> - and they can not - simulate all aspoects of a parallel interface. a 
>>> classical parallel interface allows for port level IO which is simply not 
>>> possible via USB.
>>> A printer port - sometimes referred to as centronics port - only uses a 
>>> subset of these features.
>>> Therefore, your embosser might simply rely on features not supported with 
>>> the USB printer port class.
>>> /Roland
>>> 
>>> Am Samstag, 22. November 2014 16:40:39 UTC+1 schrieb Juliette Swiler:
>>> Left a message yesterday for support at Enabling Technologies. Haven’t 
>>> heard back from them yet. May have to try calling support at Duxbury 
>>> Systems though.
>>>> On Nov 21, 2014, at 5:34 PM, [email protected] <> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Some of these adapters work and some don't, while embossers made before a 
>>>> certain date won't work on 7 no matter what cable you have.  Don't be shy 
>>>> to call support.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my android device.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Juliette Swiler <[email protected] <>>
>>>> To: [email protected] <>
>>>> Sent: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 2:42 PM
>>>> Subject: running Embosser with Duxbury on my Mac
>>>> 
>>>> I am running a Mac Book Air with Windows 7 Professional and trying to get 
>>>> an Enabling Technologies embosser to work properly with Duxbury. I can’t 
>>>> seem to get the computer and embosser to communicate with each other 
>>>> properly. I am trying to use a USB to parallel port cable since the Mac 
>>>> does not have a parallel port. I am assuming I am going to have to call 
>>>> tech support at Enabling to get some help with this. Any ideas would be 
>>>> greatly appreciated. I have an Enabling Thomas embosser. 
>>>> 
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