Create usb printer port manually

 · Procedure: FW update, reset printer settings via front panel, unplug power cord for several minutes, connect power, install driver, connect USB cable, verify USB Virtual Port is present, activate wireless networking via front panel, power off 10+ seconds, power on, setup Wi-Fi via front panel, done.  · If you are manually installing your printer drivers on Windows and cannot find the USB (Virtual printer port for USB), then consider using this work aroun. This allows you to modify the printer settings, and also allows the printer to be compatible with older software. While a virtual USB printer port is automatically created whenever you plug a printer into your computer, you can also use your Control Panel in order to create your own virtual printer port. You'll need to have a printer available.

Click Create a new port. Click Local Port in the Port type section. In the Port Name box, type the path to the printer in the following format, where server is the name of the print server and printer is the share name of the printer: \\server\printer. Click Next. Select the driver for your printer. Instead, click "The Printer that I want isn't listed". Step 4 Then it will show Add Printer page. Select "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings". Then next. Step 5 On the next page, you will be asked for printer port. In this case, select "Create a new port", and then select "Standard TCP/IP Port". Then next. a USB-to-Centronics* adapter (which it seems you already own) and; a parallel cable. As an option, you could have a USB printer adapter which terminates in a micro ribbon pin male plug and which would connect directly a PC USB port to the printer's parallel socket. In either case, you are using a parallel port on your PC.

Toward the top left of the dialogue that appears select Add A Printer. Select Add a Local Printer. NOTE: This is the counter intuitive part. Even though the printer is indeed a networked printer, you must add it as a LOCAL printer. Unless you have had this printer installed on your computer previously, in the “Choose a printer port” dialogue, select Create a New Port. Click Create a new port. Click Local Port in the Port type section. In the Port Name box, type the path to the printer in the following format, where server is the name of the print server and printer is the share name of the printer: \\server\printer. Click Next. Select the driver for your printer. Right click the Printer and select Properties. On the printer properties window, select Ports tab and click Add Port. Select Standard TCP/IP Port and click New Port. This will bring the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard, click Next. In the field for Printer Name or IP Address, type the IP address of the print server and click Next.