USB and LPT XP printing issues

[Tester]

Hi there,
For some unknown reason I cannot set up printing with a parallel cable
to an HP1150, it keeps trying to install dot4 USB driver and printing
fails. I tried changing Bios settings to EPP, ECP, normal did not fix
it. It used to work fine on W2K Pro. Any suggestions? Thank you, T

 

[Bob I]

Is it a known working parallel cable?

 

[SC Tom]

Hi there,
For some unknown reason I cannot set up printing with a parallel cable
to an HP1150, it keeps trying to install dot4 USB driver and printing
fails. I tried changing Bios settings to EPP, ECP, normal did not fix
it. It used to work fine on W2K Pro. Any suggestions? Thank you, T

In Device Manager/ports/lpt1, check the properties. Under Port Settings,
pick 'Use any interrupt assigned to the port' and make sure 'Enable legacy
plug and play detection' is checked. Under Resources, make sure the i/o and
interrupt are the same as you have set in BIOS. See if that allows it to
work.

SC Tom

 

[Lil' Dave]

Hi there,
For some unknown reason I cannot set up printing with a parallel cable
to an HP1150, it keeps trying to install dot4 USB driver and printing
fails. I tried changing Bios settings to EPP, ECP, normal did not fix
it. It used to work fine on W2K Pro. Any suggestions? Thank you, T

Dot4 USB is a virtual LPT driver for the printer connected on the USB port.
I've only seen it with HP software. Maybe that's the problem?

If you're using a dedicated LPT port for the printer, you should use the
bios setting that allows DMA setting without conflict with any other DMA use
in XP.
--
Dave

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