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Parallel port not working: Must manually change LPT after every reboot
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Cause of the fix is Unknown
Due to the mystery of why the problem fixed itself I am leaving the thread open for future discussion in hopes of finding the true cause of the problem in case it surfaces on a later date, as well as the possibility of current and future feedback helping out anyone who has the same or similar problem.
The problem was:
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Recently, about a week ago, in the office that I work we had some lightning which fried the parallel-to-usb chord connected to our Dot Matrix printer. Not a problem since we had a PCI Express Parallel Card sitting around waiting to be used and also a couple parallel-to-parallel chords. I installed it in the computer and it worked perfectly; however, after every reboot of the computer the printer is then viewed as "Offline" and the only fix I have found is to go into Device Manager, go to the card's Properties, go to the Port Settings Tab and, with 3 LPT ports available in a dropdown, change it from LPTX to LPTY (X being whatever port it was set on before the reboot and Y being one of the other two ports available to choose from in the dropdown menu).
Again the port settings that I am altering are in the Parallel Card's Properties menu, not the Printer's Port Settings. If anyone has an answer for me or any information on it please let me know as soon as you can. Even though it isn't an emergency type problem it does get a tad annoying to have to go through the trouble of changing the LPT setting on the card every morning.
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Card Make: Rosewill
Card Model: RC-302E
Computer has no On-Board Parallel Port
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Unfortunately it remains unresolved, though I had a theory about not powering down the printer before closing up the office. We left it on over night and this morning when the computer was powered up the printer was "Ready" and printed fine.
I'm not entirely sure if this helped, but the circumstantial evidence seems to be leaning that way.
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Last edited by Neu Dude; 03 Jul 2012 at 08:25.