I used ever the great LCD SMARTIE with my Asus A8V Deluxe but in my new mother board DFI NF4 SLI Expert there isnt a parallel port
So I just bought a "Usb to Parallel Printer Cable" and connect my lcd 2x16 with LCD Smartie 5.4 Beta.
I have ti select display plugin HD44780.dll right? and in startup parameters what I have to write? I think that my USB Printing Support is in USB0 but if I write USB0 it doesnt work... ...and LPT1 no work too
Thank you Limbo but nothing to do because I have not a Parallel Port on PCI Card. I have a controller USB that work how LPT, so I dont know how set it. Do you know if It's possible?
Please help me....I like so much LCD Smartie program and I dont want leave it!!!
limbo wrote:Any new LPT instance under the ports on the device manager?
no nothing how you can see
limbo wrote:Is there any special software driving this emulator?
nothing software..this is a manual of my printer cable:
User?s Manual
USB-Parallel Printer Cable
Attention: You don?t need to install any other driver when use ARCHEON?s USB-Parallel Printer Cable on Windows 2000&XP.
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the ARCHEON?s USB-Parallel Printer Cable. This unique cable adapter allows you to attach your computer to most parallel printer device through the USB port and get faster printing results.
The USB-Parallel printer cable allows your PC to print with parallel printer devices connected through the USB port. Just plug the USB connector of the cable into the USB port of your PC, and the other end into the centronics connector of the standard parallel printer. USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface provides up to 12Mbps data throughput, so printing is much faster compared when connected to standard parallel port (150kbs). The USB-Parallel cable also provides true plug-and-play and hot-plug capability ? simply plug in the cable under the Windows operating system and the cable will be instantly detected.
Package Content
Hardware: USB-Parallel Printer Cable
Software: USB Printing Support
User?s Manual
Product Features
USB specification revision 1.1 compliant
USB Printer Class Specification 1.0 compliant
USB full speed (12Mbps) with bus powered
True Bi-directional parallel communication
System Requirements
IBM PC 486DX4-100 MHz CPU or higher or compatible system
Available USB port
Windows 2000&XP
Driver Installation (WIN2000&XP)
Follow the steps below to install driver of USB-Parallel printer cable:
Power on your computer and make sure that the USB port is enabled and working properly.
Plug in the USB-Parallel cable into the USB port and Windows 2000&XP will detect the device and installing the USB PRINTING SUPPORT.
When Windows finished installing the software .you have to check the Control Panel-System-Hardware-Device Manager-Universal Serial Bus Controller it will show an USB Printing Support.
Setting Up the Printer Device
Follow the steps below on how to connect your printer to the USB port of your PC:
Turn off your printer. Plug the centronics connector of the USB-Parallel printer cable into your printer. If you have a parallel cable connected to it, remove the cable and replace it with the USB-Parallel printer cable. Turn on the printer afterwards.
Turn on your computer and plug in the USB connector of the USB-Parallel printer cable into the USB port.
If you have already installed a printer device before, click Start, Settings, Printers. Click right button of your mouse on the printer and click on PORTS to select the USB0.
If you do not have a printer installed yet, click on Start, Settings, Printers, Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will start and assist you in installing a new printer device. Select the printer manufacturer and model name from the list provided by the wizard or use the printer driver diskette supplied with your printer.
When prompted which port the printer will use, click on USB0.
Follow the succeeding instructions to complete the installation and also run Print Test Page to see if it can print without problems.
Last edited by magdale on November 28th, 2006, 12:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I have such a device and it works like a charm with printer, but it only adds some USB Printing port for printers, so it works in little different way than usb-serial converters. I don't know if there is any type of "real" USB-LPT converter.
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