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F5U002 

Windows XP 

Installation 

 

NOTE: Drivers are not needed to install the USB to Parallel Adapter into Windows 
XP.  They are built into the Operating System.  Be sure to have your printer driver 
installed onto your PC before installing this cable on your computer. 
 
Windows XP Installation: 
 

1.  Plug the “A” type connector (the flat square connector) into a free USB port on 

your PC. 

2.  A “Found New Hardware” window will appear in the lower right portion of the 

screen.  It will find a “USB Device”.  No user intervention is required. 

3.  A second “Found New Hardware” windows will appear in the same area as before 

and find “USB Printing Support”.  No user intervention is required. 

4.  The final window “Found New Hardware” will appear stating, “Your new 

hardware is now installed and ready to use”.  No user intervention is required.  
The Window will disappear.   

 

How to see if the cable is installed properly: 
 

1.  Right click the “My Computer” icon and select “Properties”. 
2.  Click on the “Hardware” tab and select the “Device Manager” button. 
3.  Click the (+) next to Universal Serial Bus Controllers” and look for “USB 

Printing Support” (

the Belkin cable

).  If it shows properly without any question 

marks or exclamation marks, the cable is installed properly.  You are now ready 
to plug the parallel connector into your printer. 

 

How to make sure the printer is assigned to the correct port: 
 

1.  Click “Start, Settings, Printers and Faxes (

if you are using the XP Start Menu 

instead of the Classic Start Menu, click on Start, Control Panel and double 
click Printers and faxes from this screen or look to the far left of your screen 
and choose “Switch to Classic View” and you will see the ‘Printers and 
Faxes’ icon). 

2.  Right click on your printer and click “Properties”.

 

3.  Click on the “Ports ” tab.

 

4.  Look in the list under “Port” and be sure to place a (

) in front of the box called 

“USB001 Virtual printer port for USB”. 

 

5.  Look at the bottom of the window and remove the (

) in front of the box called, 

“Enable bi-directional support” (

if it’s available

) and click on “Apply”.  You are 

now ready to print.

 

 

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