Hi Martin That's just the point, there are no Com or LPT ports listed at all. However, I've remembered how I did this last time. I installed the Windows text-only printer drivers and then set the output port to the highest USB port available. Then I had the embosser data sent to the printer rather than the port and it worked. But that was ages ago.
Gordon On 13 Jul 2012, at 17:44, Martin McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: I just spoke to some coworkers of mine who use Windows on notebooks and they suggest you look in your device manager at comm and LPT ports. You'll probably find it there. It also does kind of a neat thing depending on your point of view. If it is a RS-232 device, it will assign it a comm port number based on the USB port you connected it to. While I stood there, a guy plugged on in and got Comm5. He then moved it over to another USB slot and got Comm3. Martin Gordon Smith writes: > Hi. > > I have a problem and I wondered if somebody could help. I have an Index > Everest v2 but my notebook doesn't have a parallel or serial interface. > So, I bought a parallel to USB adapter cable. I plugged it all together > and Windows appears to see the device. But the problem is that I cannot > find out how to set DBT to anything other than Com1 through Com9. Any > suggestions would be gratefully received as to how I set this up. > > Thanks. > > Gordon > > > ======================================= > > 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> ---------------------------------------
