Re: Assinging new USB laser printer to LPT1 port?

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Any more questions? ;-)

First: It would help if you stated your printer make and model, so we could reference the manufacturer's technical support. But in general:

LPT1 is the parallel port, not a USB port. If you are connecting your printer with a parallel cable, you use the parallel port. If you are connecting your printer with a USB cable, you use a USB port.

USB is plug and play - just plug a USB device into a USB port, and Windows takes care of the rest. You don't even need to install your printer driver - Windows will use its own driver - but you'll probably have more features if you install the printer manufacturer's driver.

To see if Windows has installed your printer, go to Control Panel > Printers. Do you see an icon for your printer?
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Timo Price wrote:
I setup a new laser printer.
During the installation of the driver I am asked where WinXP should find the USB connected port.

By default "LPT1" was selected.

Is that correct?

How can I find out (without printing a test page) if the USB connected laser printer can successfully be
seen by WinXP?

Is the driver active immediately after installation or is re-boot necessary?

Timo

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