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More info?)
One other thing, in Device Manager look at the properties of the usb driver
and see if there is a way to select the port to use. If there is an LPT port
you might try to set it there.
"MAO" <nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:ev0FCz1IFHA.3196@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I'm not sure what's going on. Here are a couple of suggestions but don't
> know if they will help.
>
> Delete the driver from the Printers folder. (Printers and Faxes)
> Remove the driver from Printers->File menu->Server Properties ; the
> Drivers tab
> Disconnect the printer from the cable.
> Reboot without printer attached.
> Try to Install driver manually from the Printer folder Add Printer. If
> there is no LPT port available in the selection box then there is
> something wrong with the cable installation and that needs to be resolved
> before installing the printer.. If there is an LPT selection and you don't
> have another lpt port on your computer, then select that one. If there is
> a selection for USB002 (or what ever is defined in Device Manager for the
> usb cable) try that.
>
> Another possibility, If the usb came with an installation disk, you might
> try to re-install the usb cable from there. You may have to delete the
> current installation from the Device manager and reboot to get the
> installation window.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> "Rachel Edwards" <RachelEdwards@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:67B9DDE3-98C9-40C9-87CB-36BCC1CB1C03@microsoft.com...
>>I plugged in the usb without attaching the printer, and installed the
>>cable
>> by itself, which has appeared in device manager as a usb - parallel
>> bridge. I
>> then attached printer, which immediately wanted me to install it's driver
>> again!
>>
>> In the cable instructions it mentions that the printer should be conneted
>> to
>> the LPT2 : Parallel to USB port. However in my printer options the LPT2
>> port
>> has no such description associated with it. I tried the LPT2 port but
>> there
>> is no response. When I try with the USB002 port there is a vague noise
>> from
>> the printer, but then it comes up with an error message.
>>
>> Can you advise me??
>>
>> "MAO" wrote:
>>
>>> How did you intially install the usb adapter? Did you plug it in with
>>> the
>>> printer plugged in also? You may have to install the usb cable by
>>> itself so
>>> it gets installed as a parallel cable. BE CAREFUL HERE. I would go to
>>> Device
>>> Manager and look for usb hardware that looks like the usb cable and
>>> delete
>>> the entries. Then reboot. Then plug in the usb cable without the printer
>>> being attached and see if it installs. Make sure the driver is connected
>>> to
>>> the correct port (Printer Properties). Then try plugging in the printer.
>>>
>>> "Rachel Edwards" <RachelEdwards@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:35A61EF6-8729-48E1-B3DF-7889D0274715@microsoft.com...
>>> > My laptop only has USB, the printer only a parallel. I have attached
>>> > an
>>> > adaptor and both the drivers for the adaptor and the printer are
>>> > installed.
>>> > However, a. I cannot print, and b. every time I attached the cable the
>>> > printer re-installs. The printer is an HP880c. Please help!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>