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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

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Single Port Model:

EX-41021 Legacy SPP/EPP/ECP PCI Card

Installation Guide

1. Introduction

2. Layout

J1: External

Parallel Port

Connector

JP1: Parallel Port Address Selector

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Dual Port Model:

Since this card provides legacy parallel port(s) instead of

plug-and-play’s, its I/O port address won’t be assigned by the system

automatically. Instead, it needs to be set by jumpers. Please move

the jumpers (JP1 for Port 1 and JP2 for Port 2) to the designated

address shown by the silkscreen printing next to the jumper(s). Then

you need to do some installations manually to tell Windows where the

legacy parallel port address is, please refer to next section for more

detail of the detail software installation. Note: Please verify your motherboard BIOS’s settings to prevent

from using the same I/O port address as this card, otherwise it will

cause a system resource conflicting problem.

JP1 (for P1)

JP2(for P2)

Description

I/O Port Address at 378

(Default)

J1: Parallel

Port 1 (P1)

External

Connector

JP1: P1 Parallel Port

Address Selector

P2: P2 Parallel Port

Address Selector J2: Parallel Port 2

(P2) Connector

(Requires a DB25F

Flat Cable)

3. Selecting I/O Port Address

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I/O Port Address at 278

I/O Port Address at 3BC

(Only SPP mode, no EPP/ECP at

this Address)

Parallel Port Disabled

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” like ISA card. You need to add it to Windows,

otherwise, it won’t function. For the dual port model, you need to do

it twice for both parallel ports.

The installation is cataloged to 2 portions, one is for Win7 and 2008.

The other is for Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98.

3. Installing Windows’ Parallel Ports

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I. Windows 7 and 2008 Parallel Port Installation:

1. To go to Device Manager, right-click “Computer” icon, select

“Manage”

2. Click “Device Manager“, then choose “Action”, select “Add

legacy hardware”

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3. With “Add Hardware Wizard” dialog box, click “Next” to continue

4. Click “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list

(Advanced)”, then click “Next”

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5. Select “Ports (COM & LPT)”, then click “Next”

6. Choose “ECP Printer Port” device driver, then click “Next”

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7. Click “Next” to proceed with ECP Port driver installation.

8. Click “Finish” to complete the Add Hardware Wizard.

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9. 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.

To change its resource settings, right-click “ECP Printer Port (LPT3)”,

choose “Properties”.

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10. In the ECP Printer (LPT3) Properties dialog box, click “Resource”

tab, then “Set Configuration Manually”.

11. Click “I/O Range”, uncheck “Use automatic settings”, then click

“Change Setting…”.

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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”

instead), then the correct range selection is 03BC-03BE as shown

in the following screen shot. Please mind the conflict information

window to see if there is any conflict. If the resource was in

conflict with other hardware, the ECP Printer won’t function

correctly.

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13. Click “OK” to continue.

14. Click “OK” to complete the installation.

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II. Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and 98 Parallel Port

Installation:

1. Go to Control Panel, click “Add Hardware’ icon.

2. With the Add Hardware Wizard, click “Next”.

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3. Click “Yes, I have already connected the hardware”, then “Next”.

4. Click “Add a new hardware device”, then “Next”.

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5. Click “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list

(Advanced)”, then “Next”.

6. Click “Ports (COM & LPT)”, then “Next”.

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7. To select device type, click “ECP Printer Port” then “Next”.

8. Click “Next” to start the ECP Printer Port installation.

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9. Click “Finish” to complete creating the ECP Printer Port.

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”.

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11. Click “Resource” tab, then “Set Configuration Manually”.

12. Click “I/O Range”, then “Change Setting”.

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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

“03BC-03BE” for the factory default settings.

14. Click “Yes” to reboot your system for it to take effect.

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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)” icon, then congratulations! The legacy parallel

port is working properly.

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I. Uninstalling Windows 7 and 2008 drivers:

Click Device Manager�Ports (COM&LPT) �Right-click the “ECP

Printer Port (LPT3)” �Uninstall

4. Uninstalling Windows’ Parallel Ports

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II. To uninstall Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and

98 drivers:

Click Device Manager�Ports (COM&LPT) �Right-click the “ECP

Printer Port (LPT3)” �Uninstall