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seems double posted - anyhow :<br />
i suggest to use a PCI to LPT adapter card, instead of the usb cable<br />
<a href="http://www.usbgear.com/USB-SERIAL-ADAPTER-1x-LPT-PCI.html" rel="ugc">http://www.usbgear.com/USB-SERIAL-ADAPTER-1x-LPT-PCI.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.serialgear.com/1-Port-LPT-PCI.html" rel="ugc">http://www.serialgear.com/1-Port-LPT-PCI.html</a>
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To: nobus &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;ID:23731662<br />
From :ID:24174757 &nbsp; &nbsp; Author:taksum1 <br />
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For my information - why do you suggest the &nbsp;PCI to LPT adapter card, instead of the usb cable?<br />
Might one find the PCI to LPT adapter card at a LOCAL computer store? &nbsp;[If it doesn't solve my problem, it's easier to return it to a store.<br />
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The following link suggests you may have trouble even if you can connect to the printer. It says that PCL and PostScript &quot;were not fully implemented&quot;, which implies a LJ driver may have some issues. <br />
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<a href="http://www.ihs-systems.com/xerox_xes-udk_printers.html" rel="ugc">http://www.ihs-systems.com/xerox_xes-udk_printers.html</a><br />
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You say you have a USB-parallel adapter cable. Does that let you talk to the printer? What happens if you try?
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why &nbsp;: because you do not have the usb interface - that is wy it works always<br />
&gt;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;Might one find the PCI to LPT adapter card at a LOCAL computer store? &nbsp; &lt;&lt;&nbsp; &nbsp;in most stores they have them
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To: &nbsp;ID:23742422 &nbsp; &nbsp;Auther: &nbsp;nobus<br />
From: &nbsp;ID:23737230 &nbsp; Author: taksum1<br />
The USB to Parallel interface converter cable that I have for the moment, has a USB connecter {which I plug into the computer at one end) and a parallel plug at the other end which is plugged in to the printer.<br />
I am still looking for a PCI to LPT adapter card . &nbsp;I even called Tiger Direct and the person who answered the phone didn't know what I was talking about.<br />

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To: &nbsp; &nbsp;ID:23742163 &nbsp; Author:hdhondt<br />
From: &nbsp;ID:23748976 &nbsp;Author: taksum1<br />
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When I am almost done trying to ADD the HP LaserJer Series II printer via the ADD A PRINTER process, the last step is to ask the newly designated printer to print out a Windows Printer Test Page. &nbsp;The Xerox 4030 printer &nbsp;is connected to the computer via the USB-parallel adapter cable . &nbsp;BUT NOTHING is PRINTED. &nbsp;So obviously the VISTA driver for the HP printer does not enable the 4030 as the Windows XP driver for HP does the 4030. &nbsp;<br />
The little printer box&nbsp;shows that a document is waiting to be printed and to the right it says ERROR. <br />
I oobviously don't know, but perhaps HP modified the HP LaserJer Series II &nbsp;driver just before VISTA came out and that modification &nbsp;then disabled the possibility of 4030 piggy backing &nbsp;on HP LaserJet Series II. &nbsp;<br />
Then HP dropped product support. for HP LaserJer Series II &nbsp;.<br />

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&gt;&gt; &nbsp;The USB to Parallel interface converter cable that I have for the moment, has a USB connecter {which I plug into the computer at one end) and a parallel plug at the other end which is plugged in to the printer. &nbsp; &lt;&lt;&nbsp; &nbsp;the connection looks like this : pc - usb interface - lpt interface - printer<br />
many programs are not able to cross the double interface conversion<br />
with the card , you have pc- pci card - lpt interface - printer which is supported (afaik) by all printers<br />
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&quot;The little printer box&nbsp;shows that a document is waiting to be printed and to the right it says ERROR.&quot;<br />
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That means no data is being sent to the printer at all. The driver may be correct, but the spooler can't talk to the printer. That implies your USB-parallel cable is not doing its job. What port do you select when you install the printer? To Vista it will most likely be some USB port, not LPT1. That is where a PCI parallel card helps: it looks like a real parallel port.
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To: &nbsp;ID:23753411 &nbsp; Author:nobus<br />
From: ID:23749930A &nbsp;uthor:taksum1<br />
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First off, I want you to know that I really appreciate your ongoing interest and efforts to help. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Physically, what does &nbsp;a pc- pci card - lpt interface&nbsp; look like? &nbsp;Is it a physical CARD that one inserts into ones computer, is it a file that one downloads on his computer? <br />
Can you name a store/distributer that actually sells this card. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Again, many thanks. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Taksum1 <br />

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To: &nbsp;ID:23753963 &nbsp;Author:hdhondt<br />
From: ID:23760317 &nbsp;Author:taksum1<br />
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Thanks for your suggestion. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
I have experimented with plugging in the USB/Parallel cable into the Dell 1720 printers USB spot at the back of my desktop and one other unused USB spot at the back of my computer. &nbsp;Neither approach enables the computer to speak&nbsp;to the 4030 printer. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
You wrote - What port do you select when you install the printer? To Vista it will most likely be some USB port, not LPT1. That is where a PCI parallel card helps: it looks like a real parallel port. &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; <br />
I really do not have an idea what the aforementioned PCI parallel card looks like and exactly what it is supposed to do, particularly in a situation the 4030s driver appears to be less compatible with the LaserJet IIs in a VISTA environment than in a Windows XP. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Could you shed some light for me? &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; <br />
A possible answer I have been avoiding &nbsp;all along is that the 4030 is simply not compatible/workable in a VISTA environment. &nbsp;I may have to revisit that assumption. &nbsp;Comment? <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Taksum1 <br />
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&gt;&gt; &nbsp;Physically, what does &nbsp;a pc- pci card - lpt interface&nbsp; look like? &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;&lt; &nbsp; this tells me you did not even bother to look at the products i linked to in my first answer - it is there<br />
i mean not to offend you, but i often wonder why i take do the effort of the research...
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And, you did not answer my question: What port do you select when you install the printer? <br />
<br />
What ports can you select? Is there any port that looks like a USB port? Is there any manual for the cable that tells you what the port is called?<br />
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The 4030 may - or may not - support PCL, but until you can get the PC to send some data to the printer there is no point in worrying whether the driver is correct or not.
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To: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ID:23742422 &nbsp; &nbsp;Author: &nbsp;nobus <br />
From: &nbsp;ID:23737230 &nbsp; &nbsp;Author: taksum1 <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Your response to me is fair. &nbsp;But actually I had looked in to both websites, saw several items and felt a bit overwhelmed. &nbsp;Had I looked and read more carefully, I would have seen that there were perhaps only one or two relevant options and would probably have displaced the notion of a CARD in my mind in this context (afterwards) as something like a CREDIT CARD in terms of size or look. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Id still be afraid to try and install such, but at least I wouldnt have asked you some unnecessary questions. &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; <br />
I intend to call the two websites you gave me (at least one has an 800 number) to get some more information as to whether this PCI card is likely to enable my current computer talk to the old 4030 printer. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
I will also print out some copies of the picture of the PCI card and try to speak to some local computer stores as to whether such a device can be expected to overcome the normal impact of Vista/technology on being able to communicate with very old drivers. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Thanks a lot, <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Taksum1
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To: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;ID:23753963 &nbsp;Author:hdhondt <br />
From: ID:23760317 &nbsp;Author:taksum1 <br />
&nbsp; <br />
My USB to Parallel interface converter cable instructions includes the following: <br />
Just plug the USB connector of the Printer Bridge into the USB port of your PC and the other &nbsp;end into the parallel &nbsp;connector of the Printer.&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; <br />
So I tried plugging in the USB connector cable to at least 6 different ports of the 8 USB ports on my computer. &nbsp;And I think I get your point loud and clear that until I can get the PC to send some data to the printer there is no point in worrying whether the driver is correct or not. &nbsp;No test page was successfully sent to the quasi 4030 printer, otherwise know at the HP LJ Series II. <br />
My regular Dell 1720 printer (Vista compatible) works fine.<br />
&nbsp; <br />
Thanks to Nobus, I now have a better idea as to where the PCI parallel card would have to be added (to the back of my hard drive, I presume). &nbsp;However, Id be afraid to try and install something like that myself. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Thanks, <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Taksum1<br />

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But I still have no answer to these questions:<br />
<br />
What port do you select when you install the printer? <br />
<br />
What ports can you select? Is there any port that looks like a USB port? Is there any manual for the cable that tells you what the port is called?
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To: &nbsp; &nbsp; ID:23753963 &nbsp;Author:hdhondt <br />
From: ID:23760317 &nbsp;Author:taksum1 <br />
&nbsp; <br />
WHAT PORT DO YOU SELECT WHEN YOU INSTALL THE PRINTER? <br />
<br />
When I click on ADD PRINTER, I get two options. <br />
Use an existing port and <br />
Create a new port. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
The default choice is the first one &nbsp;USE AN EXISTING PORT. &nbsp;The first choice within that is: &nbsp;LPT1 (printer port) <br />
Going down that choice list are separate choices of: <br />
LPT2 <br />
LPT3 <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Followed by: <br />
Com 1 (Serial port) <br />
&amp;&nbsp;then separate COM 2 / COM 3 / and COM 4 options plus others. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
There is also a series of ports called USB001 / USB 002 / USB003 all described as &nbsp;Virtual printer port for USB <br />
I took the first option  LPT 1. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
I hope that satisfactorily answers your FIRST question. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
And as I indicated earlier, &nbsp;I have yet to hear the computer making any sound as if it is transferring any print test page to the deemed HP printer. <br />
If I want to have the information transferred to the Dell 1720, it works fine. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
WHAT PORTS CAN YOU SELECT? <br />
The cable manual (actually less than a page of instructions, product specs, system requirements and warranty info) simply tells me to plug into a USB port. &nbsp;It doesnt specify a particular port. &nbsp;And as I told you previously, I tried the 4 ports at the back of the hard drive and a couple from the front of the hard drive with no success. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
I hope that clarifies matters for you. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Thanks, <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Taksum1
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&gt;&gt; &nbsp;Thanks to Nobus, I now have a better idea as to where the PCI parallel card would have to be added (to the back of my hard drive, I presume). &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;&lt;&nbsp; &nbsp;NO you add a pci card like this :<br />
<a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/how-to-install-a-pci-card-135479.php" rel="ugc">http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/how-to-install-a-pci-card-135479.php</a><br />
<a href="http://compreviews.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/DIYPCICard.htm" rel="ugc">http://compreviews.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/DIYPCICard.htm</a><br />
here a nice video showing it : &nbsp;<a href="http://compreviews.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/DIYPCICard.htm" rel="ugc">http://compreviews.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/DIYPCICard.htm</a>
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To: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ID:23742422 &nbsp; &nbsp;Author: &nbsp;nobus <br />
From: &nbsp;ID:23737230 &nbsp; &nbsp;Author: taksum1 <br />
&nbsp; <br />
An interim observation/question. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
On the USB Gear website (you sent me), the details for &nbsp;the Single Port PCI Cards LPT Parallel Card DB-25 Port includes the following in the details section: <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Supports Windows 98SE/ME/2000/2003/XP/NT 4&nbsp; <br />
<br />
Might the omission of VISTA here suggest that it would not work with Microsoft VISTA? <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Nobus, any comment? <br />
<br />
I really like those websites you sent me showing a step by step approach to installation. &nbsp;I can now visualize what would have to be done. &nbsp;But Im still more likely to use a computer store to install it because Im afraid I would screw things up. <br />
Thanks again, <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Taksum1<br />

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To: &nbsp; &nbsp; ID:23753963 &nbsp;Author:hdhondt <br />
From: ID:23760317 &nbsp;Author:taksum1 <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Bingo or hallelujah - &nbsp;Which ever works. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Your tip to NOT use an LTP port and to look for a USB port turned the tide. &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp; <br />
I went in to this exercise - <br />
&nbsp;Knowing that the HPLJ II driver worked for my 4030 Xerox printer in an XP environment. &nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;Being unsure whether an HPLJ II printer could function in a VISTA environment, <br />
&nbsp;Believing that I needed an original HP LJ II physical driver/disk, and <br />
&nbsp;Hoping that if the HPLJ II driver could be found to work on VISTA, somehow my 4030 could then function. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Having once worked for Xerox, I had asked a couple old timers whether the 4030 might be made to work in a VISTA environment. &nbsp;They strongly doubted it. &nbsp;Today a person at Best Buy also told me that many early printers probably are not able to work within VISTA. &nbsp;So for me this was really a long shot and getting still longer.<br />
&nbsp; <br />
So I HAD largely resigned myself to have to give my printer plus the 20K or so copies in toner cartridges. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
Thus far for printing excel and word documents plus regular e-mail, the prints seem to be fine. &nbsp;Some articles from the Internet also seem to be OK. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
A final question or two. <br />
I am under the impression that older software/products are often deficient somewhere. &nbsp;In my very brief search to uncover such, I found none. &nbsp;Where MIGHT I find such in the future? <br />
&nbsp; <br />
In answering an earlier question from you, I noted that I appeared to have a USB001, USB002 and a USB003 ports. &nbsp;Now I seem only to have the 001 and 002 available. &nbsp;Thats all I currently need now. &nbsp;But if you would care to hazard a guess or provide an intelligent question for me regarding the now missing&nbsp;USB003, Id be pleased to receive it.<br />
Thanks again,<br />
&nbsp;<br />
Taksum1<br />
PS - If I'm not able to still give you solution credit from your previous post, make sure you send me another note and I will try to accomodate you within the system.<br />

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I've already sent the expert some of my comments and appreciation. &nbsp;You may want to look at comments in that note for additional inclusion in the Accepted solution box.<br />
One should be careful in extrapolating too much or too quickly from my particular problem. &nbsp;But I will leave it to the experts to decide what general lessons can be drawn.<br />
hdhondt was persistant in asking me and re-asking &nbsp;some questions that I glibly thought I knew the answer to. &nbsp;Among the key points were - Having an LPT point was NOT going to work (I didn't know or dream that it could be a problem.) &nbsp;If the test page wasn't REACHING the printer, that port choice wasn't going to work. &nbsp;He urged me to find a port choice with a name including USB.<br />
Some, by the way, had suggested LPT1 was an appropriate port choice.<br />
My expert may have had an advantage in not &quot;knowing&quot; that a technological ancient printer unsupported by Xerox for several years shouldn't be able to produce decent copies in a VISTA world. &nbsp;(I did and I almost gave up.) &nbsp;Hope this is helpful.
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Can I use my old (1993) Xerox 4030 printer with my (2007) &nbsp;Dell Inspiron 530 computer with a Windows Vista Premium operating system. &nbsp;If so, how? &nbsp;<br />
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My prior computer, &nbsp;Dell 4550 desktop with Windows XP Home Edition allowed me to add a printer&nbsp;by classifying my 4030 printer as an HP LaserJet Series II (HPLJS II) printer. &nbsp;[I believe that the 4030 driver was sufficiently compatible/similar to that of the HPLJS IIs driver; &nbsp;that enabled extending the productive &nbsp;life of my 4030. &nbsp;Can a similar (or any other) technique be used to add the 4030 printer to work with the Dell 530? &nbsp; From what I have read, &nbsp;the Dell 530 with Vista should be able to accommodate an HPLJS II providing one physically has the HPLJS II driver. <br />
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I never physically had the 4030s driver nor the HPJLS II driver on a stand-alone basis. HP no longer supports or offers a download of the HPLJS II driver. <br />
<br />
Id like to believe that if there is a way to enable the use of the HPLJS II with a Vista computer, then there may be a way to enable the use of the 4030 printer with my newer Dell for at least 2002 versions of Excel and Word. &nbsp;E-mail etc. would be nice too.<br />
<br />
Can EXPERTS EXCHANGE solve my 4030 problem(s) at least to the extent of enabling the print out of 2002 level WORD and EXCEL documents.? <br />
<br />
I have purchased a special printer cable which has the parallel connector at one end and a USB connector at the other end. &nbsp;If the 4030 can only&nbsp;service 75% of my copies, Ill live with two printers.<br />
<br />
If someone KNOWS that the 4030 canNOT be made compatible with a VISTA computer, that would also be useful information.<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
<br />
taksum1<br />

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Can I use my old (1993) Xerox 4030 printer with my (2007)  Dell Inspiron 530 computer with a Windows Vista Premium operating system.  If so, how?  

My prior computer,  Dell 4550 desktop with Windows XP Home Edition allowed me to add a printer by classifying my 4030 printer as an HP LaserJet Series II (HPLJS II) printer.  [I believe that the 4030 driver was sufficiently compatible/similar to that of the HPLJS IIs driver;  that enabled extending the productive  life of my 4030.  Can a similar (or any other) technique be used to add the 4030 printer to work with the Dell 530?   From what I have read,  the Dell 530 with Vista should be able to accommodate an HPLJS II providing one physically has the HPLJS II driver. 

I never physically had the 4030s driver nor the HPJLS II driver on a stand-alone basis. HP no longer supports or offers a download of the HPLJS II driver. 

Id like to believe that if there is a way to enable the use of the HPLJS II with a Vista computer, then there may be a way to enable the use of the 4030 printer with my newer Dell for at least 2002 versions of Excel and Word.  E-mail etc. would be nice too.

Can EXPERTS EXCHANGE solve my 4030 problem(s) at least to the extent of enabling the print out of 2002 level WORD and EXCEL documents.? 

I have purchased a special printer cable which has the parallel connector at one end and a USB connector at the other end.  If the 4030 can only service 75% of my copies, Ill live with two printers.

If someone KNOWS that the 4030 canNOT be made compatible with a VISTA computer, that would also be useful information.

Thanks,

taksum1


Can I use my old (1993) Xerox 4030 printer with my (2007)  Dell Inspiron 530 computer with a Windows Vista Premium operating system?

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