Hello David I'll make sure we did this; but I'm 99^% sure we did have the device plugged in and turned on.
Thanks for your helpful input. Lynne On 27 Dec 2011, at 16:56, David Griffith wrote: • I had some similar problems a few years back tying to recycle a printer. I think the following may or may not be useful but I will offer it anyway. 1. I think you need the actual device to be plugged into the adaptor for Windows 7 to establish a driver for the adaptor. You have probably already done this but just checking. 2. I do not thing you necessarily get a traditional lpt port created . By the adaptor. The following is a an excerpt from a Microsoft page which may describe this better than I can. You do not have a parallel port on the machine. Anything sent to the parallel port device should fail on writes. Change the port to the USB00n port created when you plugged in the cable. You will see the port listed in the ports list. This will typically be USB001 when you do not have any otherUSB attached printers. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/connecti ng-an-hp-laserjet-4-parallel-printer-via/cede656d-bafa-47b2-b4e0-ed86b132e39 d ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: 27 December 2011 15:34 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: USB to Parallel Hello everybody I just bought a USB to parallel cable for our embosser, in the hope that it will allow us to once again emboss. However, despite the instructions which unfortunately refer to Windows 98/2000, when I plug the cable into our Windows 7 PC, no external port is appearing. The instructions said that you should see the adapter as LTP2 but it's only listed under the USB controller devices and has no matching parallel port assignment. I also don't see a ports tab, as shown in the instructions. Any ideas? This really is frustrating; I just can't believe they've sold me something that's not Windows 7 compatible. I'm no technical expert, and I did specifically ask if it would work with Windows 7, and was told "Oh yes, no problem". Well maybe it will; I'm just not sure how. Constructive suggestions gratefully received. Lynne ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
