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‎09-12-2009 03:35 PM

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Hi people....I'm trying to set up our old, trusty Laserjet 5P with our new G70 using a USB to parallel cable, but to no avail. Any ideas on how to configure this odd couple so that they can live and work in harmony? My wife would rather lose me than have to give up her printer. 
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‎09-21-2009 04:39 PM

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Eureka! The TRENDnet TU-P1284 Converter is a plug and play solution to mating a legacy printer to new computer. To recap, I have an HP G70 Laptop running Vista Home Basic and an HP LaserJet 5P and when I cabled everything up, the computer recognized the printer, installed the correct driver, and I was off and running. The adaptor is under $20.00 through Amazon.

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‎09-13-2009 03:38 AM

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@awestcoastguy wrote:
Hi people....I'm trying to set up our old, trusty Laserjet 5P with our new G70 using a USB to parallel cable, but to no avail. Any ideas on how to configure this odd couple so that they can live and work in harmony? My wife would rather lose me than have to give up her printer. 

Hi,

What brand of USB to parallel cable do you have?

Did you download the drivers from the manufacturer's website?

 

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erico


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‎09-13-2009 02:01 PM

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hi erico...thanks for the reply. The cable brand is "i.connect" from PPI International and described as "USB to Parallel IEEE 1284". Its a bi-directional cable with USB 1.0 and 1.1 compliance. My OS is Vista Home Basic (I should have mentioned that initially) and the 5P driver is listed as part of the Printer Setup and that's where I selected it from, and the 5P is currently shown as the default printer. When I try to print a test page, the computer happily sends it off to the ether while the printer stands idly by. Any thoughts? Anybody?

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‎09-14-2009 08:04 AM

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In addition to the printer driver shich you have installed you may also need a driver for the USB to parallel converter.  The other thing I would check would be the port settings, the converter may provide an emulated LPT1: port, but it may be a different port.  Make sure you are using the correct port.

 

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Bob Headrick, Microsoft MVP Printing/Imaging

 


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‎09-14-2009 08:07 AM

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@awestcoastguy wrote:

hi erico...thanks for the reply. The cable brand is "i.connect" from PPI International and described as "USB to Parallel IEEE 1284". Its a bi-directional cable with USB 1.0 and 1.1 compliance. My OS is Vista Home Basic (I should have mentioned that initially) and the 5P driver is listed as part of the Printer Setup and that's where I selected it from, and the 5P is currently shown as the default printer. When I try to print a test page, the computer happily sends it off to the ether while the printer stands idly by. Any thoughts? Anybody?

Hi,
I can't find the manufacturer on the internet. I hope it was pretty cheap. Try to stay away from no name brands.  I would suggest using a PCI parallel port card instead. I have used them and had no problems with printer setup. Be sure and purchase one that support for Vista OS is stated in the features for the product. SIIG and Rosewill are good brands. Here is a link to a NewEgg web page with a selection of the cards. Another alternative for newer PCs is use of a one or two port parallel PCI- Express x1 card (much faster than the PCI bus! They are much more expensive than PCI cards). Read the customer reviews before making your purchase decision on the unknown branded cards. 
I do not know if you have a desktop PC or a laptop as you did not state it. 
 
regards,
erico 

 


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‎09-14-2009 12:35 PM

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Sorry, I guess I assumed that you would recognize an HP G70 as a laptop...my bad. So a card won't help me here.
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‎09-14-2009 01:52 PM

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Hi again...I believe I have my solution. I found this converter on Amazon along with great reviews http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=160_TU-P1284&cat=32. Once I receive the little guy, I'll post my results. Thanks for all your guys' help and patience.

 

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‎09-14-2009 02:54 PM

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@awestcoastguy wrote:
Sorry, I guess I assumed that you would recognize an HP G70 as a laptop...my bad. So a card won't help me here.

Hi,

Yep. I normally catch that before I go into my Product number/model name spiel. 😉

That looks like a pretty good product. Hope it works as easily as advertized.

 

regards,

erico


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‎09-21-2009 04:39 PM

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Eureka! The TRENDnet TU-P1284 Converter is a plug and play solution to mating a legacy printer to new computer. To recap, I have an HP G70 Laptop running Vista Home Basic and an HP LaserJet 5P and when I cabled everything up, the computer recognized the printer, installed the correct driver, and I was off and running. The adaptor is under $20.00 through Amazon.
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‎09-22-2009 04:33 AM

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@awestcoastguy wrote:
Eureka! The TRENDnet TU-P1284 Converter is a plug and play solution to mating a legacy printer to new computer. To recap, I have an HP G70 Laptop running Vista Home Basic and an HP LaserJet 5P and when I cabled everything up, the computer recognized the printer, installed the correct driver, and I was off and running. The adaptor is under $20.00 through Amazon.
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So the solution was my suggestion of fiding another brand rather than your post marked the solution.
The actual idea behind marking the post which solved a problem is so other forum members who are facing the same or similar issue can simply search accepted solutions here in the forum and find the precise post.
I am glad that your issue is resolved, 
 
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erico 

 


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