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More info?)
Belkin (and others) produce a cable that will allow a parallel printer to
connect to a USB port using usb drivers in XP. Canon printers have a
problem with this configuration but my HP LJ 4L (yes I do have some ancient
devices) works great.
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=1999&pcount=&Product_Id=20651
looking at the $70 price tag I think your better off with the LPT2 port
card. I have a SIIG single port card on an XP system. I encountered
problems with the 2 Port card from SIIG but they may have fixed this so
check with the retailer for XP compatibility.
CompUSA has this for $41
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50003893&pfp=SEARCH
This is not a product endorsement, just stuff that has worked on XP in the
past. Anyone with other suggestions can speak now.
--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
;kbhowto]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Adi" <advo@siol.net> wrote in message
news:bf5fc.883$37.121726@news.siol.net...
> Buy second card for LPT2 port and built in computer. I have this a long
time
> (5 years) and works perfect.
>
> advo@siol.net
>
>
> "mattb" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> je napisal v sporoèilo
> news:9B79B20B-5CDB-4CDB-A5A5-E90ED524A217@microsoft.com ...
> > I need to connect two printers to my xp machine. I tried to connect the
> second one to the com1 (serial) port but it did not work. Manufacturer
told
> me that it can only work with parallel port. Any suggestions? Does anyone
> make a switch device that will allow multiple parallel ports that is
> supported by xp?
>
>