ÿþ<HTML> <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="../../shrd/style.css" TYPE="text/css"> <HEAD> <TITLE>Specifying LPT1 settings</TITLE> <META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"><META NAME="DP" CONTENT="1.9/3.1.1"><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="VM"> </HEAD> <P> <H1>Specifying LPT1 settings</H1> <IMG SRC="../gfx/LPT1Set.gif"> <P><B>To change the LPT1 settings:</B> <OL CLASS=STEP> <LI>Bring the guest PC window to the front. <LI>On the Edit menu, click Settings. <LI>Click the LPT1 setting. <LI>Select the desired option:<BR> <UL CLASS=STEP> <LI><B>None</B> <OL CLASS=SUBSTEP> <LI>Click None.<BR> </OL> <LI><B>Host Parallel Port</B> <OL CLASS=SUBSTEP> <LI>Click Host parallel port. <LI>Click on the arrow next to the Host parallel port box, and select a parallel port. </OL> </UL> <LI>Click OK or Restart.</P> </OL> <P CLASS=NOTE><B>Note</B>: If a guest PC is currently running, and you change the LPT1 setting, you must restart the guest PC. <H2>LPT1 port settings</H2> <UL> <LI><B>None<BR> </B>When this option is selected, the <A HREF="../../shrd/pgs/hostguest.htm">guest</A> PC behaves as though no device is connected to the LPT1 port. <LI><B>Host Parallel Port<BR> </B>When this option is selected, the guest PC uses the specified host parallel port for input and output through the guest LPT1 port.</P> <P>The guest PC will attempt to capture the host PC parallel port at startup only. If the parallel port has already been captured, the guest PC will not be able to capture it. If the guest PC succeeds in capturing the parallel port, the parallel port is not released to the host PC until the guest PC is shut down. </UL> <H2>LPT1 port</H2> <P>The LPT1 port on a PC is typically used for a printer. </P> <P>If you have a parallel device connected to the <A HREF="../../shrd/pgs/hostguest.htm">host</A> PC, and you want to make it accessible to the guest PC, use the Host parallel port option, and specify the host port to which the device is attached.</P> <P>See also: <A HREF="../../vpc08/pgs/vpc8ParallelPrint.htm" >Using a parallel port printer</A> </P> <CET_ADSENSEF> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5291624188982543"; /* 728x90, A>740=> 04.02.08 */ google_ad_slot = "9704471239"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </CET_ADSENSEF> <CET_FOOTER> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#0099FF"><div align="right" class="style1"> <div align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF">You are reading help file online using chmlib.com</font></div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <hr align="left" width="650"><BR> If you want your help file to be removed or added please send e-mail to chmlibcom@gmail.com </CET_FOOTER> </BODY> </HTML>