1. Introduction
2. Layout
Thank you for purchasing this Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card. It is an
“ISA-like” PCI parallel port card that is specially designed to support
standard legacy parallel devices to any Desktop computer with PCI
slots. The precise hardware bridges 3BC, 378 and 278 ISA legacy port
address over PCI slots. It supports all enhanced parallel port features
that defined by IEEE 1284 specifications.
Features:
Supports 1P (or 2P) SPP/ECP/EPP Parallel Port(s) over PCI Slot
Supports PCI Bus Specifications 2.1 or above
Selectable Legacy I/O Port Address at 3BC, 378 or 278
Provides one DB25-Female External Connector
Dual Port Model: Provides one DB25F Flat cable
Works with major types of Parallel I/O peripherals
Supports Windows 98, ME, 2000, 2003, 2008, XP, Vista and Win 7
Single Port Model:
J1: External
Parallel Port
Connector
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Installation Guide
JP1: Parallel Port Address Selector
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P2
278
DIS
378
3BC
Dual Port Model:
J2: Parallel Port 2
(P2) Connector
(Requires a DB25F
Flat Cable)
JP1: P1 Parallel Port
Address Selector
: P2 Parallel Port
Address Selector
J1: Parallel
Port 1 (P1)
External
Connector
3. Selecting I/O Port Address
Since this card provides legacy parallel port(s) instead of
plug-and-play’s, its I/O port address won’t be assigned by the system
automatically. Instead, it needs to be set by jumpers. Please move
the jumpers (JP1 for Port 1 and JP2 for Port 2) to the designated
address shown by the silkscreen printing next to the jumper(s). Then
you need to do some installations manually to tell Windows where the
legacy parallel port address is, please refer to next section for more
detail of the detail software installation.
Note:
Please verify your motherboard BIOS’s settings to prevent
from using the same I/O port address as this card, otherwise it will
cause a system resource conflicting problem.
JP1 (for P1)
Description
JP2(for P2)
I/O Port Address at 378
(Default)
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278
DIS
378
3BC
278
DIS
378
3BC
278
DIS
378
3BC
I/O Port Address at 278
I/O Port Address at 3BC
(Only SPP mode, no EPP/ECP at
this Address)
Parallel Port Disabled
3. Installing Windows’ Parallel Ports
After plugged the parallel card into your motherboard’s PCI slot, then
power up your system. Windows won’t detect any new PCI device
nor parallel port at this moment because the card indeed is a
“Legacy Parallel Card” like ISA card. You need to add it to Windows,
otherwise, it won’t function. For the dual port model, you need to do
it twice for both parallel ports.
The installation is cataloged to 2 portions, one is for Win7 and 2008.
The other is for Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98.
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I. Windows 7 and 2008 Parallel Port Installation:
1. To go to Device Manager, right-click “Computer” icon, select
“Manage”
2. Click “Device Manager“, then choose “Action”, select “Add
legacy hardware”
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3. With “Add Hardware Wizard” dialog box, click “Next” to continue
4. Click “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list
(Advanced)”, then click “Next”
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5. Select “Ports (COM & LPT)”, then click “Next”
6. Choose “ECP Printer Port” device driver, then click “Next”
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7. Click “Next” to proceed with ECP Port driver installation.
8. Click “Finish” to complete the Add Hardware Wizard.
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9. The new created ECP Printer Port (LPT3) was shown in the Device
Manager, but there is an exclamation mark (!) next to it. It is not
usable until we changed its resource setting to match up with the
hardware jumper settings mentioned in the previous section.
To change its resource settings, right-click “ECP Printer Port (LPT3)”,
choose “Properties”.
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10. In the ECP Printer (LPT3) Properties dialog box, click “Resource”
tab, then “Set Configuration Manually”.
11. Click “I/O Range”, uncheck “Use automatic settings”, then click
“Change Setting…”.
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12. Choose the I/O address range, please make sure it is the same as
your jumper settings, if the jumper was set at “3BC” (the factory
default was “378”, in this case, you need to choose “0378-037A”
instead), then the correct range selection is 03BC-03BE as shown
in the following screen shot. Please mind the conflict information
window to see if there is any conflict. If the resource was in
conflict with other hardware, the ECP Printer won’t function
correctly.
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13. Click “OK” to continue.
14. Click “OK” to complete the installation.
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II. Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98 Parallel Port
Installation:
1. Go to Control Panel, click “Add Hardware’ icon.
2. With the Add Hardware Wizard, click “Next”.
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3. Click “Yes, I have already connected the hardware”, then “Next”.
4. Click “Add a new hardware device”, then “Next”.
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5. Click “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list
(Advanced)”, then “Next”.
6. Click “Ports (COM & LPT)”, then “Next”.
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7. To select device type, click “ECP Printer Port” then “Next”.
8. Click “Next” to start the ECP Printer Port installation.
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9. Click “Finish” to complete creating the ECP Printer Port.
10. The new created ECP Printer Port (LPT3) is not ready to use for the
time being because there is an exclamation mark (!) next to it.
Right-click the ECP Printer icon, choose “Properties”.
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11. Click “Resource” tab, then “Set Configuration Manually”.
12. Click “I/O Range”, then “Change Setting”.
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13. Select the I/O address that matches up with your jumper settings,
the following example is 3BC, however, the factory default
settings is 378, if it is the case, then choose “0378-037A” instead of
“03BC-03BE” for the factory default settings.
14. Click “Yes” to reboot your system for it to take effect.
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15. After system reboot, you can go to Device Manager again to
check the status. If there is no exclamation mark next to “ECP
Printer Port (LPT3)” icon, then congratulations! The legacy parallel
port is working properly.
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4. Uninstalling Windows’ Parallel Ports
I. Uninstalling Windows 7 and 2008 drivers:
Click Device ManagerPorts (COM&LPT) Right-click the “ECP
Printer Port (LPT3)” Uninstall
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II. To uninstall Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and
98 drivers:
Click Device ManagerPorts (COM&LPT) Right-click the “ECP
Printer Port (LPT3)” Uninstall
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