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Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card
1. Introduction
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
✓
✓
2. Layout
Single Port Model:
J1: External
Parallel Port
Connector
Dual Port Model:
EX-41021
Installation Guide
JP1: Parallel Port Address Selector
1
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- Page 1 EX-41021 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Installation Guide 1. Introduction 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.
- Page 2 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card JP1: P1 Parallel Port JP2: P2 Parallel Port J2: Parallel Port 2 Address Selector Address Selector (P2) Connector (Requires a DB25F Flat Cable) J1: Parallel Port 1 (P1) External Connector 3. Selecting I/O Port Address Since this card provides...
- Page 3 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card 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”...
- Page 4 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Click “Device Manager“, then choose “Action”, select “Add legacy hardware” With “Add Hardware Wizard” dialog box, click “Next” to continue...
- Page 5 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Click “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)”, then click “Next” Select “Ports (COM & LPT)”, then click “Next”...
- Page 6 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Choose “ECP Printer Port” device driver, then click “Next” Click “Next” to proceed with ECP Port driver installation.
- Page 7 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Click “Finish” to complete the Add Hardware Wizard. 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.
- Page 8 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card To change its resource settings, right-click “ECP Printer Port (LPT3)”, choose “Properties”. 10. In the ECP Printer (LPT3) Properties dialog box, click “Resource” tab, then “Set Configuration Manually”.
- Page 9 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card 11. Click “I/O Range”, uncheck “Use automatic settings”, then click “Change Setting…”. 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”...
- Page 10 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card window to see if there is any conflict. If the resource was in conflict with other hardware, the ECP Printer won’t function correctly. 13. Click “OK” to continue.
- Page 11 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card 14. Click “OK” to complete the installation. II. Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98 Parallel Port Installation:...
- Page 12 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Go to Control Panel, click “Add Hardware’ icon. With the Add Hardware Wizard, click “Next”. Click “Yes, I have already connected the hardware”, then “Next”.
- Page 13 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Click “Add a new hardware device”, then “Next”. Click “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)”, then “Next”.
- Page 14 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Click “Ports (COM & LPT)”, then “Next”. To select device type, click “ECP Printer Port” then “Next”.
- Page 15 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Click “Next” to start the ECP Printer Port installation. Click “Finish” to complete creating the ECP Printer Port.
- Page 16 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card 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”. 11. Click “Resource” tab, then “Set Configuration Manually”.
- Page 17 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card 12. Click “I/O Range”, then “Change Setting”. 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...
- Page 18 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card “03BC-03BE” for the factory default settings. 14. Click “Yes” to reboot your system for it to take effect. 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)”...
- Page 19 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card...
- Page 20 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card 4. Uninstalling Windows’ Parallel Ports Uninstalling Windows 7 and 2008 drivers: Click Device Manager➔Ports (COM&LPT) ➔Right-click the “ECP Printer Port (LPT3)” ➔Uninstall To uninstall Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98 drivers:...
- Page 21 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card Click Device Manager➔Ports (COM&LPT) ➔Right-click the “ECP Printer Port (LPT3)” ➔Uninstall...
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