High Speed Parallel Port PCMCIA Cardbus Card

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Parallel port connection is still an ideal input interconnect these days for many printers, external storage media like zip drives/tape drives or parallel port scanners. However many new portable and handheld mobile computers do not provide parallel ports any more. What to do ?

This new parallel port PCMCIA adapter card is the best choice in these situations when a high speed parallel port interface is required.

Easy Expansion For Laptop/Notebook PC With No Parallel Port
Use this IEEE-1284 parallel port cardbus card to easily extend your laptop PC with a new parallel port if it does not have one built in or used to replace a bad parallel port on your notebook PC.

This adapter is the most cost-effective way for users to connect parallel printers, scanners, zip drives and more legacy parallel port devices to their laptop PC's using the convenience of Plug and Play installation.

Provides Real LPT Port For All Legacy Devices
Unlike USB to parallel adapters, this adapter card functions exactly like a computer's native parallel port and provides a true LPT port in order for your laptop PC to work properly with devices that require a LPT port for setup and configuration.

For many legacy devices like parallel scanners, zip drives or other older parallel-port devices, they only work with a real parallel LPT port from a computer and in many cases can not work with virtual parallel ports provided from those usb to parallel port adapter cables to simulate parallel connection.

After successfully installing this adapter card to your laptop PC, it will be listed in the Device Manger as a parallel port LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3. Therefore it can support connection with all legacy devices.

This PC card provides a real hardware parallel port showing as LPT port in the device manager of Microsoft Windows

Supports All Devices Requiring Hardware DB25-Pin Connection
The DB 25-pin connector of this PC card is suitable for connection with Printer requiring parallel interface, Scanners, LapLink, Zip Drive, Tape Drive, LS-120 Drive, CD-R/RW, EPROM Programmer, Intelligent UPS, Plotter, Bank Passbook Printer, CF/SM/MMC/PCMCIA Media Card Reader, etc.

Typical connection diagram between PC and parallel port devices

Universal Driver Support For Any Windows-based Laptop PC
This parallel port PCMCIA adapter card supports all Windows OS including Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Server 2003, Linux or DOS. All drivers are provided within the cd disc included in the package.

Connects any parallel peripherals to laptop notebook computer using CardBus technology.
Fully compatible with IEEE-1284 Parallel Port Standard.
Supports all parallel port devices that requires hardware parallel port from PC.
Installs as a fully featured I/O mapped parallel port as LPT1,LPT2 or LPT3.
Cost-effective add-on card solution for adding a standard parallel port for notebook PC's to connect printers and other parallel devices( JTAG chip programmers, data acquisition, machine process control, scientific measurement systems and software protection dongles).
Plug & Play - Automatically selects IRQ and I/O address.
Fast data transfer rate up to 1.5 MB/sec.
Compatible with SPP, PS2, EPP and ECP modes.

Compliant with 32-Bit PCMCIA CardBus PC Card Type II standard.
DB-25 Parallel port connector x1.IEEE 1284 compatible parallel port
Compatible with SPP, PS2, EPP and ECP modes.
Data Transfer rate: up to 1.5 Mbps
16-byte First-In-First-Out (FIFO) buffer
Supports re-map function for legacy ports.
Supports Hot-Plug feature.
Drivers available for Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Server 2003, Linux or DOS.