lazy_monkey_brain
02-26-2008, 03:29 AM
Hi All,
Just found this fine forum and hope that some of you might help me out.
A friend of mine has a Kyocera fs-1750 laser printer. (lpt interface)
Recently I helped buy them a new PC (dell inspiron 590 if my memory serves me well). It turned out that the pc doesn't have a parallel port so I suggested them to get a USB-to-parallel converter, which they did.
The new PC runs Windows Vista Home(?) and it has difficulties installing the printer. Whenever I connect the printer (USB2parallel) Vista recognizes the printer and heads on to install the drivers. Unfortunately it doesn't find any. I went on kyocera page and got the windows vista PCL drivers. I installed the printer by "add a new printer" option but it doesn't work. Whenever I connect the printer it doesn't get recognized as being already installed and vista gets into his "installing new hardware" procedure. I think I tried all possible ways to install it but nothing works.
While testing the printer spool shows a job which is progressing very very slow and at some point a white page gets out of the printer.
Now the same set up is working wonderful on windows XP, no drivers installation needed. I just plugged the whole thing to USB, XP recognized it, installed the drivers and of I went printing.
I would appreciate if anyone had any tips or even solutions to this problem.
*note: As port for the printer on Vista system I use a virtual USB port to which the printer is connected. In my case it is nr 3.
Thanks in advance.
Chris.
Just found this fine forum and hope that some of you might help me out.
A friend of mine has a Kyocera fs-1750 laser printer. (lpt interface)
Recently I helped buy them a new PC (dell inspiron 590 if my memory serves me well). It turned out that the pc doesn't have a parallel port so I suggested them to get a USB-to-parallel converter, which they did.
The new PC runs Windows Vista Home(?) and it has difficulties installing the printer. Whenever I connect the printer (USB2parallel) Vista recognizes the printer and heads on to install the drivers. Unfortunately it doesn't find any. I went on kyocera page and got the windows vista PCL drivers. I installed the printer by "add a new printer" option but it doesn't work. Whenever I connect the printer it doesn't get recognized as being already installed and vista gets into his "installing new hardware" procedure. I think I tried all possible ways to install it but nothing works.
While testing the printer spool shows a job which is progressing very very slow and at some point a white page gets out of the printer.
Now the same set up is working wonderful on windows XP, no drivers installation needed. I just plugged the whole thing to USB, XP recognized it, installed the drivers and of I went printing.
I would appreciate if anyone had any tips or even solutions to this problem.
*note: As port for the printer on Vista system I use a virtual USB port to which the printer is connected. In my case it is nr 3.
Thanks in advance.
Chris.