Re: PARALLEL SCANNER ON XP

From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:53:05 -0400

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:21:33 -0400, Fred@anonymous.com wrote:

You got extremely lucky. XP is very picky about pass-through
parrallel ports; a huge majority of the time it won't allow them to
work.

>Cari,
>
>This is slightly off topic but I have an Iomega Zip 100, parallel port with pass
>thru for a printer. I've had it for years now and it connected together with my
>HP DeskJet 970cse inkjet printer in parallel mode. Each works just fine, as they
>did using W98, WinME, and now under XP Home.
>
>It's not a scanner but parallel devices certainly work with WinXP.
>
>Fred
>
>
>"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> You do not tell us the make and model of the scanner so we cannot tell you
>> whether it is compatible or not but I can tell you that WindowsXP will NOT
>> let you 'piggy-back' parallel devices the way you did in Windows9x so if you
>> have a parallel port printer, you can keep one or the other, but not both.
>>
>> You need to look at the manufacturer's website to find out whether you make
>> and model is compatible.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>> www.coribright.com
>>
>> "SERIS" <serisl@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:446e01c49053$3bdef7d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> > Can anyone advise how to connect a parallel scanner to a
>> > PC upgraded from Windows 98 to XP?
>> >
>> > XP does not seem to recognise the devise connected direct
>> > on the parallel port
>> >
>> > Despite updating TWAIN and MIRASCAN drivers for XP
>> > --> still nothing!
>> >

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