Re: Parallel to USB with XP Home Edition-Probem

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Probably will never work, no matter what you do.

To connect to/from a USB device, the device itself has to have hard coding
written into it so the PC to which it is connected is aware of what is
connecting to it. No data... no connect.

Nothing whatsoever you can do about it if the printer has no USB port,
except buy a newer one.

You can try as many cables as you like, but if the data is not present in
the unit (in this case the printer) the PC has no idea what is trying to
connect and will not allow a connection to take place.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Helpless" <Helpless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F1812924-9A8F-46AD-AE4D-F9A4D0A6B6BD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> For a number of years I Have had two IBM notebooks and two HP Deskjet
> printers. One is a Deskjet Portable (black and white) and the other
> Deskjet
> (color) 820Cse. They are both parallel connected through a switch and
> never
> had a problem. One notebook has Win 98SE and the other XP Professional.
> Here is the BIG problem:
>
> I just got a Dell notebook (with XP Home Edition) which has only 3-USB
> ports
> and one PCMCIA. I took me a week but got the black and white connected
> with
> a 36-pin to USB adapter, but I cannot get the color printer to PRINT
> anything
> that I typed in Word or Wordperfect using the same means of installation.
> It
> prints anything from the Internet or selected sections of an existing
> document, though, but with my own documents It goes through the motions
> but
> the page comes out totally blank.
>
> Any ideas, please? Thanks


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