GoogleDude Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I am new to this form so thank you for any help that you all can provide, a friend of mine said there are some really smart people here!I have a Compaq Presario V3032 Laptop running XP SP2 and it does not have a female 25pin LPT Port like my desktop does and I need one.So I went online and purchased a USB to 25pin female cable which gives me the physical port I need but the only problem is that Windows XP see's it under Device Manager as a "USB Printer Support" and not a LPT1 port.It only came with Windows 9x drivers the readme on this cable said Windows will install/contain the drivers. which it did but only the wrong one. I have even tried a Targus Port Replicator but even it shows the same thing.So my question is: How can I get Windows XP to see it as a LPT port and not USB Printer Support? I tried changing the driver under Device manager but it would always give Error 10.Many many thanks for any help one can provide,GoogleDude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 belkin make one, they're a good cable maker for home usegoogle for "belkin usb parallel adaptor"i'm from the uk, so i can't recommend any US sites for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleDude Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) So far I have tried 2 of them 1 of them is some no name brand its just a simple cable with USB on 1 end and DB25 female. I would think that I can just tweak the driver that xp uses or do some reg hack?The problem is I am not hooking a Printer up to it. And right now as it stands my device wont work.Thanks for the sugestion,GoogleDude Edited March 12, 2007 by GoogleDude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleDude Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 (edited) Anyone know of a way I can tweak a Windows Driver or anything so I can make Windows XP see this cable as a LPT1 Port and not a USB Printer Support? I am not using this cable for a printer but rather a different purpose.This is the one I have.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0...p;s=electronicsGoogleDude Edited April 16, 2007 by GoogleDude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 To have a "real" LPT port you have to purchase a true lpt controller, not a usb adapter/converter.For example some printers using the old Windows Printing System (WPS) works only with true LPT ...Good luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 To further what Sonic said, since you have a laptop, what you'll need is something like this:http://www.cooldrives.com/software-dongle-lpt-pcmcia.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleDude Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Well im up $hit creek with out a padle because my new laptop does not have any PCMCIA slots in it. I have a Compaq Presario v3020us. Maybe any other Ideas? Thanks again for your thoughts.GoogleDude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 USB to PCMCIA adapter to use with your PCMCIA to LPT1 adapter. http://www.quatech.com/catalog/drives_pcmcia.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 ouch!good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleDude Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 WOW. Converting a converter. I think that will get me into more trouble then this is worth. I was just hoping that I would be able to tweak a windows driver so I could use my USB 2 DB25 cable. But I guess that aint gona happen. Thanks a ton thoguh.GoogleDude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 There is ExpressCard to LPT too if I remember ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleDude Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 There is ExpressCard to LPT too if I remember ...I googled "ExpressCard to LPT" and didnt come up with much. You have a link maybe?Thanks again,GoogleDude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoogleDude Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 I found this. I will have to see if I can get my work to cut the tab.http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/produ...act_match=exactGoogleDude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makooo4221 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 (edited) I have a problem. I bought a Express card --> Lpt converter because my notebook (IBM R60) hasn't any LPT and I need it for controlling CNC machines or LPT led efect. (A USB --> LPT converter I can't use because it works together with a printer only.) But the problem is that the LPT port of the express card is diffined in system as USB Printing Support (It works pass the USB controller). I need set it as normal LPT port. Is any technique to set it? Or is any computer program for it?The Express card is: STLabs ExpressCard 1port Parallel C-370Thank you.PS: Please excuse my bad English Edited December 25, 2008 by makooo4221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 From what I can see on the manufacturer site, the card creates an USB like simulation, just like a usb to parallel cable.You might want to try using this workaround through the use of the MS loopback adapter:http://geekswithblogs.net/dtotzke/articles/26204.aspxhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/839013/en-usYour mileage may vary. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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