Printer recognition problem with new laptop - Samsung 2250 printe

Hi craig931, First try downloading the latest driver of your printer and your usb converter compatible for windows 7. Second Checked your device manager if your printer and usb to parallel driver properly installed, it should be there. If not yet installed try using different usb port one at a time until the cable have been detected. Third if you see already the printer port force to change it to USB001 or Com1, then try to print. regards,

You are using Acer Aspire One Notebook. Notebooks generally doesn't have serial port (Printer port) as used by old printers. However Acer Aspire one notebook have USB port on which you can connect your USB printer. Serial ports are old and not support by new computers or notebooks.

It really depends on the specific printer interface you have!

Newer printers can be attached to a Desktop or Notebook via the USB interface (small connector as for mouse).

Older printers, and 'commerciall' high speed printers, have a 'parallel' printer interface (large connector - LPT port) that will connect to a desktop (or higher end laptop) with a parallel (LPT) printer port. If you need a LPT connection, a USB to LPT converter can be used ... but a newer USB connected printer may be a cheaper alternative in this case!

Hope it helps let me know how you go.

OS X drivers for the Apollo 2250 apparently exist only in 10.5 and 10.6, both of which your iMac G4 is too old to run.
If you have this printer attached to another computer on your home network, you could activate printer sharing and allow your G4 to print to it that way.

You need to manually setup the serial printer, as it probably isn't getting detected via plug n play:

• Go to Start Menu\Printers & Faxes
• Click on the 'File' menu and choose 'Add Printer'
• Click next at the wizard, then select 'Local printer attached to this computer' and leave the 'Detect Plug n Play...' box unchecked, click 'Next'
• Choose the correct serial port (either COM1, COM2, etc), click 'Next'.
  
• Choose the correct printer manufacturer & model to install the correct driver, click 'Next'.
  
• Print a test page, just to make sure it's working
  

either the usb wire is getting loose in the new laptop port.or the port is faulty.press the usb wire tightly and then try printing keeping it pressed at the laptop side and printer side too.with some bodies help. check out.

An unorthodox solution is to install an old driver. Another solution is to use with Codesoft the driver from www.seagullscientific.com, and with Zebra Designer, the Zebra Designer driver. If the printer is connected to the serial port, speeds up communication.
Roberto Martinez

There are a number of parameters for the serial port that have to match the pc. i would print out a config page from the printer via the menu, or power on with the cancel key held. then compare it with the settings on the pc. on the config page you should be looking for things like data bits, host control, parity etc.

Hi touatinaoufe

Your printer is only a mono laser that is what the ML stands for in the model number. You will not be able to print color with this printer. You will have to buy a samsung which the model number starts with a C.

Regards
Go-Tech

If you have a home network, try a Print Server with parallel port. You will connect the printer to the print server via parallel, and the print server to a network hub/switch/router (any of the listed) via a network cable, and the computer to the hub/switch/router via network cable or wireless.

Cost should be around $20 - $60 depending on make/model.