"Ant" <philpi@earthlink.netANT> wrote in message
news:exj9H41BIHA.4836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I got an e-mail reply from Belkin finally, and it is confirmed Vista won't
>work with it:
>
> "Hi Ant ,
>
> Thank you for contacting Belkin Technical Support.
>
> We understand that are facing a problem to take a print windows vista.
>
> To resolve the issue,please follow the below instruction
>
> This product doesn`t support windows vista and we don`t have any drivers
> for this product. We have a driver for 2000, Xp, 98SE.
>
> If you need further assistance please feel free to write back to us and we
> will be happy to assist you.
>
> Ant, if you have any other questions or problems you may also call us toll
> free at 800-223-5546 (Extn. 21). Alternatively, call us on 310 898 1100
> Ext. 21.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vincent Connors
> Belkin Technical Support"
> --
> "The ants are back Ted!" --Dougal from Father Ted TV show.
> /\___/\
> / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site)
> | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
> \ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: philpi@earthlink.netANT
> ( ) or ANTant@zimage.com
> Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Ask your network supply guy about a
'CAT5 crossover cable' .

Saucy

On 10/5/2007 8:53 AM PT, Saucy wrote:

>> I got an e-mail reply from Belkin finally, and it is confirmed Vista
>> won't work with it:
>>
>> "Hi Ant ,
>>
>> Thank you for contacting Belkin Technical Support.
>>
>> We understand that are facing a problem to take a print windows vista.
>>
>> To resolve the issue,please follow the below instruction
>>
>> This product doesn`t support windows vista and we don`t have any
>> drivers for this product. We have a driver for 2000, Xp, 98SE.
>>
>> If you need further assistance please feel free to write back to us
>> and we will be happy to assist you.
>>
>> Ant, if you have any other questions or problems you may also call us
>> toll free at 800-223-5546 (Extn. 21). Alternatively, call us on 310
>> 898 1100 Ext. 21.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Vincent Connors
>> Belkin Technical Support"

>
> There's more than one way to skin a cat. Ask your network supply guy
> about a 'CAT5 crossover cable' .
>
> Saucy

Or easier, buy a new printer that supports Vista and start using USB.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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"see how many problems people are haveing with vista..its a nightmare
os"
Not a nightmare at all at all.
Windows Vista works very well for many.

However in the narrow view of a support newsgroup it may appear
Windows Vista is more troubled that it is just like the human race
would look bad as viewed from inside a hospital.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"wheelman" <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> do a restart,,if it does not reconize it..go to hp.com and see if
> they have
> updated software or a fix for vista..my printer is hp..usb and it
> worked with
> vista.with no problem.but you see how many problems people are
> haveing with
> vista..its a nightmare os..
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>

>> Does the printer show up in the Printers folder in control panel?
>> If it
>> does, is it set as the default printer?
>> Does the printer support a USB connection?
>>
>> "Ant" <philpi@earthlink.netANT> wrote in message
>> news:#ziqKYZBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I have an old college friend who has a fairly new Gateway
>> > computer from
>> > April/May 2007. It came with Windows Vista. She has a printing
>> > problem
>> > with her old HP Deskjet 870Cse printer (parallel connection).
>> >
>> > She bought a Belkin USB Parallel Printer Adapter (part number
>> > F5U002v1).
>> > She says the box doesn't say Vista support. Is this a problem? I
>> > don't
>> > think it is since it is just a cable adapter.
>> >
>> > When she tries to print, Vista saves as a XPS file and not send
>> > to the
>> > printer. I read that XPS is like PDF. It sounds like Vista
>> > doesn't have
>> > her printer connected (asked her to check -- I hope she knows how
>> > to find
>> > it).
>> >
>> > http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpd04246.pdf for the PDF
>> > manual.
>> >
>> > Based on
>> > http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...=61012&lang=en
>> > ... Vista knows about this printer so no downloaded driver
>> > needed.
>> >
>> > I am helping her through e-mails since she isn't close by for me
>> > to visit.
>> >
>> > Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
>> > --
>> > "I am afraid that I am convinced that a community of human beings
>> > is a far
>> > more useful thing than a community of ants, and that if the human
>> > being is
>> > condemned and restricted to perform the same functions over and
>> > over
>> > again, he will not even be a good ant, not to mention a good
>> > human
>> > being." --Norbert Wiener
>> > /\___/\
>> > / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web
>> > Site)
>> > | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL):
>> > http://aqfl.net
>> > \ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address:
>> > philpi@earthlink.netANT
>> > ( ) or
>> > ANTant@zimage.com
>> > Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

>>
>>

It seems like a good time to get a newer printer.
Adapters are possible, but they often do not work.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Ant" <philpi@earthlink.netANT> wrote in message
news:%23ziqKYZBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Hello.
>
> I have an old college friend who has a fairly new Gateway computer
> from April/May 2007. It came with Windows Vista. She has a printing
> problem with her old HP Deskjet 870Cse printer (parallel
> connection).
>
> She bought a Belkin USB Parallel Printer Adapter (part number
> F5U002v1). She says the box doesn't say Vista support. Is this a
> problem? I don't think it is since it is just a cable adapter.
>
> When she tries to print, Vista saves as a XPS file and not send to
> the printer. I read that XPS is like PDF. It sounds like Vista
> doesn't have her printer connected (asked her to check -- I hope she
> knows how to find it).
>
> http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpd04246.pdf for the PDF
> manual.
>
> Based on
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...=61012&lang=en
> ... Vista knows about this printer so no downloaded driver needed.
>
> I am helping her through e-mails since she isn't close by for me to
> visit.
>
> Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
> --
> "I am afraid that I am convinced that a community of human beings is
> a far more useful thing than a community of ants, and that if the
> human being is condemned and restricted to perform the same
> functions over and over again, he will not even be a good ant, not
> to mention a good human being." --Norbert Wiener
> /\___/\
> / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web
> Site)
> | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL):
> http://aqfl.net
> \ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address:
> philpi@earthlink.netANT
> ( ) or
> ANTant@zimage.com
> Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

Yeah, I told her to forget all these cables and adapter. She has a new
machine that doesn't come with parallel ports. She might as well get a
new cheap printer that works under Vista. Beside newer printers are
faster and better.


On 10/5/2007 11:20 AM PT, Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:

> It seems like a good time to get a newer printer.
> Adapters are possible, but they often do not work.

--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
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expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.

In article <eCWUdw1BIHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Ant wrote:

> What is/are the URL(s) to the USB to parallel adapter discussion(s)?

Sorry I can't pull them out of the air. But go to the Print & Scan
folder in PCHardware on Compuserve at

http://community.compuserve.com/n/pf...=ws-pchardware

and use Advanced Search and you should find messages listed.

If you are not already logged onto Compuserve you just have to log in
with an AIM name and a password.

Well, I am able to Print to my HP 840c using parallel and USB just fine.
Have you tried using another driver thats closest to HP 870c and see if it
will work?
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"huwyngr" <Hugh_Wyn_Griffith@simpilot.net> wrote in message
news:VA.00000506.0021bda2@unspam.tampabay.rr.com.. .

> In article <eCWUdw1BIHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Ant wrote:
>

>> What is/are the URL(s) to the USB to parallel adapter discussion(s)?

>
> Sorry I can't pull them out of the air. But go to the Print & Scan
> folder in PCHardware on Compuserve at
>
> http://community.compuserve.com/n/pf...=ws-pchardware
>
> and use Advanced Search and you should find messages listed.
>
> If you are not already logged onto Compuserve you just have to log in
> with an AIM name and a password.
>

I don't have the problem being discussed -- which incidentally is not
getting USB or parallel to work but getting USB to Parallel adapters to
work between a USB computer and a parallel printer.

I was just answering a question put to me..

Not my problem -- I don't use that printer. I was answering a question
about a reference I made to information on a Compuserve Forum.