No, he just needs a network connection to the printer. The days of needing
LPT are long past us.
For USB in Hyper-V, I use FabulaTech. Works very well indeed.
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Charlie.
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"Anthony N Malczanek" <anthony@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote: Quote:
>>
>> I know of serial port IP forwarders, but not LPT port forwarders. And
>> certainly there are plenty of network print servers that let you print
>> to a printer that is connected via LPT to the print server.
>>
>
> He'll still need to find a way to get the device he's talking about to
> talk to the print server software on the host computer. I think what he
> needs is more of a build-it-yourself solution. I would like to know if
> this security device he's talking about works well with it. I would
> recommend one of these (below) with one of the USB keys if possible.
> Parallel ports on a computer capable of running Hyper-V is unnecessary.
>
> [1] http://www.digi.com/pdf/fs_realportusb.pdf
> [2]
> http://blogs.technet.com/mattmcspiri...v-and-usb.aspx