Printer won't show up - any ideas?

[Rob]

I'm running an ASUS K8T800 SE Deluxe with an AMD64 3400+.

I have a slightly old HP Deskjet 882C printer that uses the parallel port. Before I upgraded to the 64-bit mobo/cpu combo, it worked fine in my ABIT IS7/P4 2.4ghz. Now, I plug the parallel cord into the mobo and nothing in Windows comes up saying it installed/is installing the printer. I tried it manually and the same thing. The printer is on but XP can't recognize it. Any ideas?

Rob

 

[theDot]

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=85517
Different problem, but some solutions that might work.

Do you have the option of using USB rather than the parallel port?

I'm sure you've downloaded the latest drivers... hmm, other than that, I guess you could recheck the wiring of the port, as you just replaced the mobo.

 

[The_Tecknishen]

is your parallel port disabled in the bios?