Re: OT: USB to parallel converters

From: Marko Mäkelä <*msmakela_at_gmail.com*> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:23:51 +0300 Message-ID: <20100621062351.GA2591@x60s> · msmakela_at_gmail.com

Hi Ruud,

>My new laptop doesn't have a LPT port anymore. I bought an USB to 
>parallel converter but that didn't work out: my laptop sees it as an 
>USB printer, not as an LPT port :(

Is your laptop equipped with an ExpressCard or CardBus slot? I/O 
adapters for those may be much more expensive than USB adapters, but 
they should "just work" without requiring any special drivers. This 
could be an inexpensive source: http://www.dealextreme.com/

	Marko

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