Installing the Parallel Port Adapter

Installing the software

Quatech ExpressCard Parallel Port Adapter User’s Manual

Installing the Parallel Port Adapter

Caution! Be sure to allow the installation process to finish without interruption.

This section explains how to install the Parallel Port Adapter under different operating systems. Please locate and follow the procedure for your computer’s operating system.

The Parallel Port Adapter uses the Windows system-supplied parallel drivers that enables the port to appear to Windows as a standard LPT port.

Installing under Windows XP

 

 

Follow these steps to install the adapter under Windows XP.

 

 

 

Step

Procedure

Description

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Step 1

Turn on the power to your computer

This is the system in which the device is to

 

 

system.

be installed.

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Step 2

Plug the ExpressCard into an available

Windows tells you that it has found new

 

 

ExpressCard slot on the computer.

hardware and launches the Found New

 

 

 

Hardware Wizard.

Figure 1 - Windows XP Found new hardware prompt

Figure 1 illustrates the Windows XP Found new hardware prompt. The Found New Hardware Wizard launches automatically when you first plug in the Parallel Port Adapter.

Step

Procedure

Description

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Step 3

When the “welcome to the found new

Please do NOT allow Windows Update

 

 

hardware wizard” appears, select the “No,

to search for the software on the internet.

 

 

not this time” option

 

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Step 4

Click the Next button

Windows will continue to the next step.

 

 

 

 

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