Alan,
No, there is no USB port physically on the printer. I used a cable to
convert from USB to the old printer connectors (37-pin? or LPT?). Are you
referring to the print driver? I'm confused.
Transplanted Engineer
"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
> Did OKI add a USB port to the 321? I have only seen old ones with an LPT
> port.
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> "Transplanted engineer" <Transplanted engineer@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:363C365E-D511-4646-B507-CE5059CFA154@microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to setup a local Okidata ML 321 printer on Vista Home Premium.
> > This printer is on the Vista disk, so no extra driver is needed. I am
> > able
> > to install the printer, but it won't print the test page or any other
> > document. It shows document in printer window, but status says "error."
> > I
> > cannot seem to get more info on error. Ruled out printer cord by
> > replacing.
> > Tried all the local printer ports in New Printer wizard with no success
> > (LPT1, LPT2, COM1, etc). Plug'N'Play recognizes "new hardware" when
> > added
> > and "successfully installs the driver", but it creates no printer file and
> > nothing changes. Other discussion answers talk about totally cleaning up
> > printer drivers from multiple locations before installing anew (which
> > might
> > be part of my problem), but the latest OS they describe is XP and I cannot
> > find similar driver locations on Vista. Is there a "clean up printer
> > drivers" for Vista? Does it matter which USB port I plug it into?
> > Printer
> > Troubleshooter is no help. The printer worked fine on XP. I hooked it up
> > to
> > another XP PC and it printed fine.
> > Any suggestions? Thanks
>
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