Parallel port drivers are implemented to enable the functionality of communicating with printers and other devices that are connected to parallel ports. As suggested by Microsoft MVP & Community Moderator Ronnie Vernon Windows 7 does not include 64-bit Parallel port drivers. You might have to contact the device or the software manufacturer to get the parallel port drivers.

A client has a number of Oki Microline 385 24 pin dot matrix printers. We recently installed a new Windows 7x64 bit PC with an add in PCIx parallel port card, expecting the printer to work as we had been told by the software support guy that it would.

Well guess what? The printer itself works just fine on XP, so nothing physically wrong. First off, Oki don't have a specific Windows 7 (or Vista) driver for the ML 385. There are, however, drivers included with Windows for the 380, 390, 391, 395 etc.

Which should work. When I install using one of those drivers, Windows thinks the printer is out of paper when I try to print. Dir > lpt1 gives me nothing either. The parallel card is a Moschip thingy, hardware ID MCS9950MF STN_CASCADE_LPT Does anyone have any idea where to go from here? A client has a number of Oki Microline 385 24 pin dot matrix printers. We recently installed a new Windows 7x64 bit PC with an add in PCIx parallel port card, expecting the printer to work as we had been told by the software support guy that it would.

Well guess what? The printer itself works just fine on XP, so nothing physically wrong. Artisteer 52066471 final with keygen rept by senzati word. First off, Oki don't have a specific Windows 7 (or Vista) driver for the ML 385. There are, however, drivers included with Windows for the 380, 390, 391, 395 etc. Which should work.

When I install using one of those drivers, Windows thinks the printer is out of paper when I try to print. Dir > lpt1 gives me nothing either. The parallel card is a Moschip thingy, hardware ID MCS9950MF STN_CASCADE_LPT Does anyone have any idea where to go from here? I had a rosewill PCI Parallel card that I recently used to install two old Oki dot matrix printers to my fathers windows 7 machine for his business. Try these: 'I went to Device Manager> LPT1> Properties> Port Settings, and changed button to 'select any interrupt assigned.'

Seems to have solved the problem.' Also I remember something about needing to set the parallel connection to 'legacy mode'? After that the thing was printing just fine. Before that it would install but not do a damn thing. In my experience those USB to parallel adapters caused a lot of problems for me.