USB to parallel adapters(printers) sometimes reinstall themselves. This problem is linked with how the cable is unplugged and replugged. One way to get your printer back into commission is to change the port it is looking at in the printer properties. You can do this by following these steps:
1. Open up your Printer & Faxes [...]
IEEE stands for Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers which is (among other things) a standards body that develops communication standards used in computers and peripherals.
I think the easiest way to understand communication standards is to think of them as Languages that the computer speaks. A language is just a set of pre-defined vocabulary and [...]
If you have a Windows 2000 or XP computer that crashes, and you need to retrieve data, there are a few things you should know. If you cannot get windows to boot in anything other than safe mode, then you will need to use a bootdisk to boot to DOS. With Windows XP, and 2000, [...]
The new Quatech Parallel PCMCIA cards have arrived. These new cards support laptops with 3.3V and 5V configurations. They are terriffic cards. If you have a parallel security key, scanner or any other parallel device, then this card is probably for you.
If you ever find that your hardware is acting funny, then try updating the driver. If your device uses a native driver, then you will most likely be unsuccessful in finding an update. The best two sources for drivers are the company you bought the driver from, and the manufacturer of the device. You [...]
Many incompatibilities between device and controllers, are caused by incompatibilities with chipsets. For example, Our SW-1301 uses a prolific chipset. We have seen cases where a GPS unit is compatible with one of our prolific chipsets and not another. If you find that you are having compatibility problems, then try another chipset. Our [...]
We have had quite a few customers ask us the difference between the Quatech Parallel PCMCIA Card and the generic 3.3V card. Hopefully this will clear up some of the confusion.
Most laptops have 5V PCMCIA (cardbus) slots. Some newer laptops, however, have 3.3V ports because they prolong battery life. Check the Quatech Parallel PCMCIA page [...]
We had a customer who was trying to connect several of his parallel devices to a new computer. Unfortunately it was unclear to him what the options were, so this is part of the response we sent, hopefully it will help others avoid the confusion.
Here are the options that we have for connecting parallel [...]
Many of our customers have asked about using a USB to Parallel adapter with parallel devices other than printers. Devices such as scanners, multifunction printers, zip drives, plotters, and security keys often have the same interface as our USB to Parallel Adapter. These devices are not compatible with USB to Parallel adapters. [...]