How can I connect a non-usb scanner to my computer which only has USB ports?
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Just purchase one USB to LPT convertor cable which is available in the market. That cable has one end USB pin and the other end it has LPT connector. After that connect your scanner using parallel port cable 25-pin female (which are also used for printer sharing switches) . Good luck
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You can`t, but if you need the speed of a 2.0 USB port, you can buy a PCMCIA USB2.0 card, they are no very expensive, and some even have 4 ports and Firewire ports.
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you can get a USB PCMCIA card that slides right in. (the slit on the side of your computer) Usualy under $50.
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Hey hi, I am sorry to hear that, see first of all delete your scanner software from Add and remove program which will be in control panel then reboot ur pc and then start up the windows... if u are using Windows XP it will start taking from autorun, then plug in your scanner cable and then install the software and it will sure work out okay good luck if its work mean mail me on my id nadeem_1597@yahoo.com okay till then take care bye
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As far as i know i don' tthink you can. you would need a special usb cable and special drivers to do it.
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try http://www.gotomypc.com
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well did you try installing it?\nyou can go to your control panel and click on printers and see if a scanner is included. you may have to install it manually.
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you can't. you need to access the open ports and the open ports only, otherwise you need physical access to the computer.
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Printers, Ipods, camera, video games, etc... There are various types of USB connectors. Try looking up on the Internet.
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Ever hear of the Yellow pages???? You know that device that requires no driver, mouse or usb plug in to use? They send it to your house by hand rather than a .exe file. Look in the blue pages under Government services.
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I am sure you have discovered that the newer laptops do not include a serial port.  So, you might try a PCMCIA card that provides a serial port for $129.  \n\nhttp://www.quatech.com/catalog/rs232_pcmcia.php
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connect to the internet or use a usb datalink cable.
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CHECK AND SEE IF YOUR USB PORT IS WORKING
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I recommend Shields Up! It's a great (free) online port scanner:\nhttp://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2\n\nAnother free online port scanner you can use is the Sygate Online Scanner:\nhttp://scan.sygatetech.com/probe.html
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usb, its probably easier too
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Get a USB Cross-directional cable. Hook it up to a USB port on both computers. Then find some software to aid in transferring.
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I found the link below which basically says to access your locally connected printer on usb via the net use command in dos.  Then you can redirect LPT1 to the printer.  Very clever.