StarTech.com Value 1 Port PCI Parallel Adapter Card (PCI1P)

by StarTech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 1.5 x 5.6 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AZK3L
• Item model number: PCI1P
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #12 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > I/O Port Cards > Parallel Port Cards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 26, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Get more out of your parallel peripherals! StarTech.com's PCI1P helps your old parallel devices perform like never before!

This value priced EPP/ECP parallel card adds one IEEE 1284 port to your PC, with data transfer speeds of up to 2.7 Mbps - up to 3 times faster than built-in parallel ports.

Installation is a breeze with plug and play support and drivers for Windows XP, ME, 2000, 98, 95, NT4, DOS and Linux. Plus, IRQ sharing and hot swapping capabilities guarantee convenient, hassle-free connections to any parallel peripheral. Backed by StarTech.com's lifetime warranty and free lifetime tech support.

Product Description

The PCI1P value priced EPP/ECP parallel card adds one IEEE 1284 port to your PC, with data transfer speeds of up to 2.7 Mbps – up to 3 times faster than on-board parallel ports. Installation is a breeze with plug and play support and drivers for Windows® 7, Vista, XP, ME, 2000, 98, 95, NT4, DOS® and Linux®. IRQ sharing and hot swapping capabilities guarantee convenient, hassle-free connections to any parallel peripheral. Backed by a StarTech.com lifetime warranty and free lifetime technical support.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does the Basics Well, August 17, 2005

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M. Larson "uber-geek" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: StarTech.com Value 1 Port PCI Parallel Adapter Card (PCI1P) (Personal Computers)

Use this card to add a parallel port to your computer. I needed this card to supplement my single parallel port and support two older printers on my home server. Hardware installation is simply inserting it into an empty PCI slot. Windows 2000 recognized the port on power-up after installation and it became immediately available; no driver installation or configuration to mess with.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This card doesn't work with Windows 7., May 21, 2010

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A. Fix "alleydoll" (Aurora, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: StarTech.com Value 1 Port PCI Parallel Adapter Card (PCI1P) (Personal Computers)

I couldn't get this to work with Windows 7. No matter what I tried it just
wouldn't work. I had to return it. Instead I am going to convert my printer
cord to a usb plug to solve the problem using the printed with Windows 7.
On Amazon it says this port card will work with Windows 7, but when the
package arrived it didn't say anything about working with Windows 7.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little tricky to install - seems to work great, August 5, 2008

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Jimp "JimP" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: StarTech.com Value 1 Port PCI Parallel Adapter Card (PCI1P) (Personal Computers)

Installed a couple of these in a pair of new Dell Vostro 200s. Running XP Pro with service pak 3 and IE 7.0. Seem to work fine with our older DOS programs that are very inflexible about where they will send output.

Installation was a little tricky. Came with an install disk marked version 6.2 but the subdirectories on the disk dont match the install book that came with the board. After a little experimentation I found the best way to install was to put in the board and attach the printer. Turn on PC and Cancel out of auto detect and go to Control Panel - Add hardware. When the install driver screen comes up, go to search specific location and tell it d:\io\pci io\whql driver for 2k_xp_2003. It will install and activate the port.

When installed it will be set to lpt3 so go to Control Panel - System, and select Hardware then Device Manager. Look down the device list for ports and double click on the PCI EPP/ECP Parallel port. On the device tab that comes up go to port settings and choose - Never use interupt, and then choose - Enable PnP detection. Set the port to LPT1 if desired.

Next go to Printers and Faxes off of the Start menu and choose add printer. Select the port you used above and then choose your printer and intall as usual.

Anyway, thats what worked for me. So far so good. Good luck.