Needing to hook up my scanner (by 2 users)

posted by canboop on Sep 01, 2007

I was given a 1220p scanner with no cords. I have the cd software but no cords. I have a Dell pc that I want to hook this scanner up to. The only 2 available places to plug in my scanner is a small 9 pin blue plug above my monitor plue and the printer 25 pin plug. What do I need to get as far as a cord and where do I plug it?

Thanks,
Kimberly

Comment by canboop, posted on Sep 07, 2007

The scanner is not being noticed by my hardware wizard. I tried everything. I know the scanner works, my mom used it before I brought it home. Is there anything else I can try? I'm not going to give up yet.

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Comment by Guest, posted on Apr 16, 2008

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posted on Sep 01, 2007

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You are going to need a 25 way cable a "Printer" type cable, A Male to Male, BUT with ALL 25 pins wired thru pin To Pin. This plugs straight into the "Printer" port.

These machines often have a "Pass Through" port on them so ya can also connect to a Printer, however if ya printer is USB then it's NOT used.

I found drivers below.

http://www.opendrivers.com/
driver/211491/
umax-scanner-astra-1220p-
vistascan-3.55-parallelport-free-download.html

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Needing to hook up my scanner (by 2 users)

Comment by canboop, posted on Sep 07, 2007

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Comment by Guest, posted on Apr 16, 2008

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