USB and Parallel together

[Matman]

I am trying to use USB and Parallel printers together on XP with n
luck. The parallel printer is a HP laser 1300 and the USB is Dell Al
in one 960. With both installed I can print to the laser but not th
USB. If I uninstall the laser then the USB will work. Do I need a dat
swith for this or what am I doing wrong
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Matma

 

[Guest]

Not sure if these ideas will work, but give them a try. (1) I have an all-in-one printer with an attitude (Brother MFC-7160C). It will not print if any other printer is also assigned to print to the LPT1 port. I open my printer folder, right-click on each of the other printers & direct each one to "print to file" whenever I get ready to use the all-in-one. That satisfies him & he prints fine. (2) You could also assign one printer to print to LPT1 & the other to LPT2 or add a port if those are not available. (3) A data switch would probably solve the problem if 1 & 2 above don't.

----- Matman wrote: ----

I am trying to use USB and Parallel printers together on XP with n
luck. The parallel printer is a HP laser 1300 and the USB is Dell Al
in one 960. With both installed I can print to the laser but not th
USB. If I uninstall the laser then the USB will work. Do I need a dat
swith for this or what am I doing wrong
-
Matma