I'm trying to print from an old program that cannot print through a usb port. Apparently we need a card that will allow us to print through the lpt1 port, bypassing the usb?

what am i talking about, and what is this card?

[Edited on August 29, 2006 at 2:38 PM. Reason : r]

8/29/2006 2:13:19 PM

Uhm. You can make your USB printer act as a LPT1 printer without too much work. Someone a few months ago had the same problem and I believe we got him fixed.

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=420646

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=421691

[Edited on August 29, 2006 at 2:18 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2006 2:15:13 PM

yea, we are running a dos based program as well, i tried to print directly to the printer but that didn't work

the name of the program is POP


I'm thinking that an adapter might not work bc the problem is with the program not the printer, so an adapter that goes from a usb to a serial probably wouldn't help from the computer end correct?

[Edited on August 29, 2006 at 2:31 PM. Reason : ??]

8/29/2006 2:29:43 PM

Yea pretty much. Why does it have to go out over a serial connection?

8/29/2006 2:44:26 PM

i tried that command and it said "network resource type not correct"

8/29/2006 2:50:45 PM

the "net use "etc... command from the first link that is

it said system error 66

where you techies at?

8/29/2006 4:36:18 PM

^try using the local address of the machine, aka //127.0.0.1/printername or //localhost/printername

8/29/2006 4:46:16 PM

^how would i find that out? the computer is not connected to a network.

8/29/2006 9:42:06 PM

by using either of the two options I just provided you in place of the actual computer name. One of the two should work for the first link's methodology

8/29/2006 11:19:08 PM

it's been a while since I've used a Windows box to print something, but I'd almost swear there was an option to enable emulation of a parallel port without this net use mess...

8/30/2006 1:31:00 AM