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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 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Single Port Model: 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dual 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 

Summary of Contents for EX-41021

Page 1: ...4 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 DB2...

Page 2: ...he 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...

Page 3: ...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 installat...

Page 4: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 4 2 Click Device Manager then choose Action select Add legacy hardware 3 With Add Hardware Wizard dialog box click Next to continue...

Page 5: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 5 4 Click Install the hardware that I manually select from a list Advanced then click Next 5 Select Ports COM LPT then click Next...

Page 6: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 6 6 Choose ECP Printer Port device driver then click Next 7 Click Next to proceed with ECP Port driver installation...

Page 7: ...ardware Wizard 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 wi...

Page 8: ...SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 8 To change its resource settings right click ECP Printer Port LPT3 choose Properties 10 In the ECP Printer LPT3 Properties dialog box click Resource tab then Set Configuration Ma...

Page 9: ...oose 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 c...

Page 10: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 10 window to see if there is any conflict If the resource was in conflict with other hardware the ECP Printer won t function correctly 13 Click OK to continue...

Page 11: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 11 14 Click OK to complete the installation II Windows Vista XP 2003 2000 and 98 Parallel Port Installation...

Page 12: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 12 1 Go to Control Panel click Add Hardware icon 2 With the Add Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Click Yes I have already connected the hardware then Next...

Page 13: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 13 4 Click Add a new hardware device then Next 5 Click Install the hardware that I manually select from a list Advanced then Next...

Page 14: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 14 6 Click Ports COM LPT then Next 7 To select device type click ECP Printer Port then Next...

Page 15: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 15 8 Click Next to start the ECP Printer Port installation 9 Click Finish to complete creating the ECP Printer Port...

Page 16: ...0 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 11 Click Resource tab...

Page 17: ...12 Click I O Range then Change Setting 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 th...

Page 18: ...gs 14 Click Yes to reboot your system for it to take effect 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...

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Page 20: ...d 20 I Uninstalling Windows 7 and 2008 drivers Click Device Manager Ports COM LPT Right click the ECP Printer Port LPT3 Uninstall II To uninstall Windows Vista XP 2003 2000 and 98 drivers 4 Uninstalli...

Page 21: ...Legacy SPP EPP ECP PCI Card 21 Click Device Manager Ports COM LPT Right click the ECP Printer Port LPT3 Uninstall...

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