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I've just recently received a Dell Inspiron 8600, after having had an 8100
for several years. During that time I used my Epson Stylus Color 880 with
its typical printer cable and port.
The newer 8600's don't have printer ports, but only USB ports, so I bought
an adaptor cable on Ebay that I thought was going to allow me to hook up
between the printer and the 8600's USB port. I've set the printer up
several times with the USB cable, and each time the printer just hangs, the
printjobs just not printing. Could it be that the Stylus 880 is just not
compatible with the Inspiron 8600 and USB adaptor cables? Supposedly the
cable is plug and play with Win XP, which I have, so I don't need drivers,
but it just won't work. Perhaps I should buy another brand such as Belkin,
or do I need to install things in a certain order?
Thanks for any help on this!
Larz
I've just recently received a Dell Inspiron 8600, after having had an 8100
for several years. During that time I used my Epson Stylus Color 880 with
its typical printer cable and port.
The newer 8600's don't have printer ports, but only USB ports, so I bought
an adaptor cable on Ebay that I thought was going to allow me to hook up
between the printer and the 8600's USB port. I've set the printer up
several times with the USB cable, and each time the printer just hangs, the
printjobs just not printing. Could it be that the Stylus 880 is just not
compatible with the Inspiron 8600 and USB adaptor cables? Supposedly the
cable is plug and play with Win XP, which I have, so I don't need drivers,
but it just won't work. Perhaps I should buy another brand such as Belkin,
or do I need to install things in a certain order?
Thanks for any help on this!
Larz