What is a printer port? Is it in the back of the computer?
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For a PC, the printer port or Parallel Port, the port with 25 pins (similar to the Serial Port, which as 9 pins only) is usually at the back. For a Laptop, it can either be at the back or sides.\nAlso, a printer may be connected to your pc or laptop using a USB port, which can be either at the front or back of a PC, and at the back or sides of a laptop.\n\nBut first ... maybe you just need to check your pc's printer configuration.\n\nClick on START.\nThen click on SETTINGS.\nThen PRINTERS and FAXES.\n\nYou will then get the PRINTERS and FAXES window.\n\n1. Do you see any printer device shown in the window?\n   There should be a PRINTER icon, FAX icon, MICROSOFT OFFICE IMAGE WRITER icon, or any other device icon.\n   If you see a PRINTER icon, does it have a small, CHECK beside it? The printer icon should also show the STATUS of the device. Is it READY, PAUSED, or does not show any status?\n   If you have a printer installed, and it is not configured to be your DEFAULT PRINTER (no check mark beside it), go ahead and RIGHT CLICK on the Printer Icon. Then click on "SET AS DEFAULT PRINTER".\n   Click on "APPLY" and "OK".\n\nREBOOT YOUR PC (turn off PC, then turn back on) or \nCLICK on Start, then "Turn Off Computer", then "Restart".\n\n2. If you do NOT see any Printer Icon in the Printers and Faxes Window, click on "Add a Printer" under "Printer Tasks" on your left. This will guide you to add your printer.\n\nDO NOT FORGET TO:\n   \nMake your printer the DEFAULT PRINTER.\n   Once you Added A Printer, RIGHT-CLICK on the Printer Icon and click on SET AS DEFAULT PRINTER.\nREBOOT your pc.\n\nUpon startup, you will be able to use your printer.\n\nGOOD LUCK!
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go to start on your tool bar and click it.  you will see control panel listed. click this and look for add a device or add a printer. it will walk you through
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* Go to the client system (Where you want to use your printer but where its not connected).\n* Get into the systems control panel (Start->Settings->ControlPanel)\n* Select the Printers Icon\n* Search for a link or button saying "Add Printer"\n* A wizard thingy will pop up\n* When it asks whether it is a local or a network printer select Network Printer / Shared Printer\n* Enter or browse for the system name of the server (System where the printer is actually connected) and you are done
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I found this KB article on microsoft website.\n\nYour USB printer is listed as offline \n\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834462\n\nhope it helps
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Hello, I almost sure you meant LPT, it is the printer (usually used for) Port.\n\nQUOTE\nLPT is the original, yet still common, name of the parallel port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers. It was designed to operate a text printer that used IBM's 8-bit extended ASCII character set. The name derives from the fact that "line printer" was a common generic term at the time for any type of text printer. Graphical printers, along with a host of other devices, have been designed to communicate with the system. It was a de facto industry standard for many years, and was finally standardized as IEEE 1284 in the late 1990s. Today, the parallel port interface is seeing decreasing use because of the rise of Universal Serial Bus (USB) and FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices.\n\nMost PC-compatible systems in the 1980s and 1990s had one or two ports, with communication interfaces defined like this:\n\nLPT1: I/O port 0x378, IRQ 7 \nLPT2: I/O port 0x278, IRQ 5 \nSome systems also had an LPT3 port, but this was less-consistently defined. In reality, computers rarely had more than one LPT port.\n\nA wide variety of devices were eventually designed to operate on a parallel port. Most were uni-directional (one-way) devices, only meant to respond to information sent from the PC. However, some devices such as Zip drives were able to operate in bi-directional mode. Printers also eventually took up the bi-directional system, allowing various status report information to be sent.\n\nIn MS-DOS and PC-DOS, the parallel ports could be accessed directly on the command line. For example, the command "type c:&#92;autoexec.bat > LPT1" would direct the contents of the autoexec.bat file to the printer port. A PRN device was also available as an alias for LPT1. A special "print" command also existed to achieve the same effect. Microsoft Windows still refers to the ports in this manner in many cases, though this is often fairly hidden.\n\nAn LPT port has an 8-bit parallel databus, plus 4 pins for control output (Strobe, Linefeed, Initialize, and Select In), and 5 more for control input (ACK, Busy, Select, Error, and Paper Out).\n\nIt is actually fairly unclear exactly what "LPT" stands for. Sources have variously mentioned Line Printing Terminal, Line PrinTer, and Local PorT. According to the Jargon File, a similar port naming convention was used on ITS, DEC systems, and CP/M.
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USB has two standarts.\nUSB has two type of cables A and B type.\nthe USB cable of your printer can be changeble whit these standarts.
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First off, purchase a USB hub to expand the number of available ports.\n\nSecond, depending upon the number of parallel printers, purchase some USB to parallel adapters, one for each parallel printer after the first, which is connected to the printer port.  Remaining printers that use USB connections can be connected directly to the USB hub.\n\nShare each printer, and voila! 5 shared printers.\n\nAnother (more expensive) option is to purchase print server devices (Netgear, HP JetDirect, etc.) and connect the printers to them.  This will save the overhead of managing the print queues on the server if the server is being used for anything else.
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Never heard of that, but it would probably be easier to get a network hub and set up a network.\n\nThat would allow sharing of a printer (as well as internet connection, and a lot of other things).
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The only way I can think of is following:\n\n- Share your USB Printer \n- Use the network resource and attach it to a LPTx port ( u can do this with "NET USE LPTx &#92;&#92;your_pc_name&#92;USBP" where LPTx is the port u want to use (ie Lpt1) \n- Happy printing....
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Are you saying the connection cable is stuck somewhere?\n\nI have the 5L, and it connects via parallel cable.\n\nwhen connecting the printer cable to the computer simply leave the printer cable connected to the printer as is on the male end, (2) triangle fasteners will prong down and help keep the attachment fastened.\n\nTake the female end, and plug it into the only connection that it will fit into on the back of your computer.\nThats it -- nothing extra difficult.\n\nIf youre saying you cannot unfasten the little triangles...well pull them out from the tip of the triangle.  They will flop outwards, unless stuck by something - possibly dried soda or what not.\n\nYou can purchase a parellel to USB connector they have them.  Cant say if they will work .. you might need to download a driver -- I have never needed to use one - but I know theyre out there.\nTigerdirect, pricewatch, any online store.  \nRarely ever saw them at best  buy -- although I think I saw one at CompUSA\nBest deal...a computer convention or online.\n\ngood luck -- hope it helps
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There are two solutions that you can choose from:\n\n1.  Port the printer to a desktop that is on your network and then share the printer.\n\n2.  Purchase a wireless print server... I've seen some available at Wal-Mart and Best Buy...
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The problem isn't the printer, the problem is the operating system.   Windows 98 has horrible USB support.  Either update the drivers though the Microsoft website, or put the printer on a LPT  port.
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If you still have the printer i am going to assume you mean the following:\n\nThe printer is not visible in any print dialog box and it's also not present in PRINTERS AND FAXES in control panel. If this is the case you need to install a driver for the printer.\n\nFOR windows XP clikc on the link below to goto the hp site which contains drivers for this printer. Select your operating system and go\n\nhttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=1139325&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us
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you need two things...maybe 3...\n\na wireless card for your laptop\na WAP (wireless access point)\n\nand someway to connect your printer...usually a print server but it could be shared by a PC...\n\ncheck with your local computer store - circuit city, best buy...whatever.  the directions will help with everything except maybe the printer - if it connected to a PC...but you can ask another question for that one!!!\n\ngood luck
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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.
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install a new printer driver
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1- Did you installe the Driver printer?\n2- Does your printer connected to your PC?\n3- Is the printer on?\n4- Does printer have papers in the tray?\n5- Is your printer that you want to print with is the default printer in the list of your printers?