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SOLVED There is not enough memory or disk space to run Word. This is a discussion on SOLVED There is not enough memory or disk space to run Word within. Installed program printer is a freeware, after installing this program, open it, i t displays list of installed applications, you can save and print them. My computer crashed and I lost my Solar Fire v5 with it. Im trying to reinstall on my new computer that is running Windows 7. Why wont it workJet 8. Laser. Jet 8. 15. Laser. Jet 9. 00. Running Windows 7 Please see the updated USB to Parallel article with Windows 7 instructions. One of the most asked about question I receive is about connecting older HP Laser. Jet printers to new computers. Whether it be that HP computer or the new Dell laptop, its easy to connect older printers to these new computer systems giving them a new life and saving you money of purchasing new computers. I guess you could say, this is a guide on how to by or make an HP Laser. Jet 1. 10. 0 printer cable or HP Laser. Jet 4. 60. 0 printer cable. To give a fair background, HP made mainly 2 different types of parallel printer ports. The first is typically called a mini centronics Small C type connector HP pn C2. A connector. It looks somewhat like a small SCSI connector. Im not sure as to why HP decided to use this form of connection because no other printer company used it, and HP continued to incorporate this type of connection up to the newer HP Color Laser. Jet 4. 60. 0 series. From testing, its doesnt appear to be any faster then a standard parallel cable or offer any other benefits besides HP selling their special cables. The other type of parallel port is a standard 3. Most printer companies used this type of connection making it universal and easy to find a cable to connect up to your computer. For this tutorial, Ill be using a standard Windows XP operating system and connecting it to an HP Laser. Jet 1. 10. 0 printer using these products. Product used in this tutorial. I have worked with this company to put together a solution that I have tested to work with this tutorial. Sewell USB to Mini Centronics Cable, 5 ft. If you find that your new computer doesnt have a standard parallel port, this USB to Mini Centronics IEEE 1. C or IEEE 1. 28. 4C combo cable set is perfect to connect these older printers to a USB only computer. Manual De Enfermagem Normas more. Installation is very easy and straightforward. Simply attach the USB to parallel cable to the mini centronics adapter and plug each end to the printer and computer. If youre using Windows XP or Vista, the USB drivers install automatically. Then, youll need to install the individual printer drivers, most of which are built into Windows XP. Please note These adapters will work with Multi Function or All In One printers, but only for printing in other words, they wont allow you to use the faxing or scanning functions. Also, they do not work with anything other than printers. They will not work with other parallel devices. Installation procedures. Connect the USB to Parallel adapter to your windows XP computer. You should hear a audible sound that new hardware has been found along with a new bubble dialog box that says, USB Printing Support. Go to the Printers folder located in Start Control Panel Printers and Faxes, and then click on Add a Printer or go to File Add Printer. The add a printer dialog box appears. Select Next. 4. Select the ratio button next to, Local printer attached to this computer and make sure the box next to Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer is unchecked, then select Next. Here youll need to select our newly created port. Ensure the ratio box next to Use the following port is selected. In the list of ports, select USB0. Virtual printer port for USB, and then select Next. Well now be selecting an appropriate driver. The nice feature about the HP Laserjet 1. Windows XP. Simply select HP on the left side of the window, and then select HP Laser. Jet 1. 10. 0 MS and press Next. Below is a list of printers and if their drive is built in to Windows XP, or if you choose to use the latest driver from HP, there are the links to their product pages. This next step gives you the opportunity to name the printer whatever you wish. I generally stick to the actual name of the printer, but if you have more then one, or if you have an identical printer on the network, I would encourage a more descriptive name like, HP Laser. Jet 1. 10. 0 USB Cable, or HP Laser. Jet 1. 10. 0 Local Printer. When youre finished with naming the printer, you can choose to select if you would like it set to the default printer meaning when youre in any application like Microsoft Word, the first choice of printer it will use is the HP 1. I would recommend local printers becoming the default since most likely youll be using those the most. When youre finished with your choice, select Next. In this next part, you have the option to share this printer on your network. If you have a small home network this isnt a bad idea and can save you money and time by not having to purchase an additional printer or switch. The downside to sharing a printer is that the computer must remain on when you need to print from another computer. For the sake of this tutorial, we wont share the printer. Go ahead and select Next again. Here it simply asks if you want to print a test page which wont start until were all done. I recommend this unless youre not ready with the paper, or if youre feeling lucky today. Go ahead and press, Next. In this last step, when you press finish, Windows will load the driver you selected into the drivers folder embedded deep down in the Windows root. By default most Windows XP computers will go ahead and finish this step with no problems. If it doesnt have the driver like it thought it did in an earlier step, a genuine Windows XP CD may be needed. Xlive.Dll File For Resident Evil 5. If you experience trouble when finishing with this step drivers dont load or you dont have the Windows CD, go ahead and download the drivers straight from HP and try these steps again. When everything is copied over and loaded, a test page should print. You should see a new icon in your Printers and Faxes folder which you named earlier. If it doesnt appear, go ahead and restart Windows and repeat this tutorial. NOTE Ive received reports that the 4. USB issues. This USB to Parallel cable will work with these printers, however, after everything is installed a restart of the print queue is required simply restart Windows. Im not sure why this is because on other non USB printers, this works without a restart. UPDATE There have been reports that this trick does not work with an HP PSC5. C Type parallel connector mini centronics. Product used in this tutorial. Sewell USB to Mini Centronics Cable Set, 5 ft. If you find that your new computer doesnt have a standard parallel port, this USB to Mini Centronics IEEE 1. C or IEEE 1. 28. 4C combo cable set is perfect to connect these older printers to a USB only computer. Installation is very easy and straightforward. Simply attach the USB to parallel cable to the mini centronics adapter and plug each end to the printer and computer. If youre using Windows XP or Vista, the USB drivers install automatically. Then, youll need to install the individual printer drivers, most of which are built into Windows XP. Please note These adapters will work with Multi Function or All In One printers, but only for printing in other words, they wont allow you to use the faxing or scanning functions. Also, they do not work with anything other than printers.