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IM HAVING TROUBLE CONNECTING MY PRINTER TO MY COMPUTER.I CANNOT FIND A LPT PORT. WHEN LOOKING IN MY DEVICE MANAGER AND CLICKING ON COM\LPT THERE IS NO LPT PORT THERE.WHAT DO I DO AND CAN I FIND A LPT PORT? MY COMPUTER IS A AUTHENTIC AMD 16RAM AND MY PRINTER IS A HP 672C. ANYONE PLEASE HELP AND THANK YOU.
Check BIOS setup to see if parallel port is well defined.
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COMMENT TO OTTAS ANSWER TO PRINTER QUESTION OTTA TOLD ME TO INSTALL SOFTWARE FROM PRINTER BUT I ALREADY DONE THAT AND SOFTWARE WONT FULLY INSTALL BECAUSE OF MISSING LPT PORT .THANKS ANYWAY
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Try hand installing a LPT port. Go to control panel, add new hardware, don't search automatically, and select port, com or lpt. Choose LPT. I used to lose my com ports all the time and had to reinstall them. Never tried with an LPT, though it was an option.
and it will create the LPT port.