Add second printer port 1

[biker900]

I have been asked to add a second ISA printer port to a PC running Win NT Server 4. In Win98 there is the "Add New Hardware" option in control panel, but there is no such icon listed under NT4. I have not used NT before so can someone please tell me how I can accomplish such a seemingly simple task?

 

[yizhar]

HI.

First, make sure you install hardware correctly without IRQ or I/O conflicts.
In most cases you will configure it as LPT2 278 IRQ5

About the OS, as far as I remember you don't have to do nothing special. Simply install hardware and try to print to the new LPT port.

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Yizhar Hurwitz

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[biker900]

Thanks for the tip, Yizhar. I tried to do that but after setting the proper jumpers on the card and inserting into the system, the PC booted to the logon prompt. After logging in with admin rights the system stopped and did not verify the login. System hangs at this point. The BIOS screen shows the card installed and recognised OK. When I pulled the card back out, login was successful again. I know there is no fault with the card. Any suggestions please?

 

[TheLad]

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[biker900]

I have set it to IRQ5 and 278 as suggested. I know there are no conflicts with these settings as Win NT shows them as free and there is no sound card which could use IRQ5
Thanks.