Hello David We got rid of all our desktops for a number of reasons; one of which was space. We are going to have to crack this because we need it sorting.
Lynne On 29 Dec 2011, at 16:29, David Griffith wrote: It must be very frustrating. Maplins do have a tech support line which I have found pretty useful but it is a premium rate line and really the devices they sell should be straightforward to use. Sadly not always the case. If space is not too much an issue I wonder, thinking laterally, whether you would be better off getting a solid result by digging out an old, even ancient windows desktop with a parallel port, or with a spare slot for a parallel port card and using it almost exclusively for running the embosser and Duxbury as a network device. Once setup up on a network with printer sharing you should be able to emboss wirelessly on netbbooks etc accessing the same network. on netcooks . If you had an old XP machine networking is very easy but I suspect that networking would present few challenges for Gordon anyway. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: 29 December 2011 15:59 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: USB To Parallel Cable Still Not Working Hello Roger On 29 Dec 2011, at 15:33, Roger Firman wrote: • I gather that USB to Parallel cables can be a pain to install, but that the one from Maplin (£14.99 or £25.99) works. such devices do NOT install a parallel port as such, it will connect itself to a USB Port. That's the one we have, the £14.99 one. The instructions say that you should set your printer as LTP2 but I'm not seeing any ports at all, USB or otherwise. • Am I correct in thinking you want to use the Duxbury Braille Translator, I don't know if the version-number is significant but you probably have a reasonably current one? Also, I was also wondering which embosser you have? We have Duxberry version 11.1 and our embosser is an Index Everest D with version 10.43 firmware I think it is. Gordon did an upgrade on the firmware a couple of years ago. As you see it's the old Index version 2 embosser because we simply cannot justify or afford the upgrade cost. 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> ---------------------------------------
