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LAVA COMPUTER Parallel-PCI | List Price: $30.99
Discount Price: $26.46
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Brand: Lava Computer
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
Features: - Adds one PCI bus 25-pin Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) to any PCI-equipped PC.
- Up to 3x FASTER than standard ISA or motherboard EPP ports - supports transfer rates of up to 4.5 Mbps.
- Easy Plug & Play installation - automatically selects next available IRQ address
- Backwards compatible with legacy parallel port peripherals
- Software configurable for standard ISA LPT (0278h and 0378h) addresses
Excellent. A little pricier but well designed and with digitally signed XP drivers [Posted on 2007-01-15]
After trying several cheap parallel port adapters that didn't work either with my Compaq computer or with my printer (Xerox Docuprint P8), and that didn't have digitally signed drivers, this adapter finally worked.
Pros:
- Performance
- Ease of installation
- Digitally Signed XP drivers
- Warranty
Cons:
- Price
Does not support legacy port addresses in XP/2000! [Posted on 2007-03-03]
BEWARE! Does not support legacy port addressing (278h, 378H, etc.) in Windows XP/2000 even though they claim to in the product description. Once you open the box and read the manual you'll find this, in the release notes- "In standard installations of Windows 2000/XP, the I/O address cannot be changed to a legacy address."
Appears to be marketed under several names, you can recognize it by the claim to support legacy port addresses, and "Up to 3x FASTER than standard ISA or motherboard EPP ports"
May or may not work? [Posted on 2007-04-30]
I was unable to get it to work with ASUS P5B Premium Vista Edition MB. Neither Windows Xp or Windows Vista recognized the card. Returned the card to Amazon. Excellent return procudure.
Update: Replaced with a StarTech PCI1PECP and had the same problem. After further investigation I determined that the card could not physically fully seat into the PCI slot. I loosened the screws connecting the IEEE-1284 plug. This gave it enough play to fully seat and solved the problem. Perhaps this solution might have worked with the LAVA card.
Works well [Posted on 2008-04-07]
Works perfectly... that's all I care about! My son installed it in a snap. Good price at Amazon!!
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