[duxuser] Re: Embossing problem: this could be tricky...
- From: Brian Osborne <bosborne11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 16:39:17 -0400
Bob,
I take that back, please disregard previous letter!
Got it working with the Print... command as well by using the Send to
Printer option in Embosser Setup.
Thanks once again,
Brian O.
On 5/11/07 4:24 PM, "Brian Osborne" <bosborne11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Yes, so that works! The only wrinkle is that this configures the Thomas as a
> printer, so when I’m in Duxbury I’m now embossing by using the Print...
> command, not the Emboss... command.
>
> Is that correct?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Brian O.
>
> On 5/11/07 3:42 PM, "bwatson01@xxxxxxxxxxx" <bwatson01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> My apologies on the last email attempt. I believe my blackberry unit is
>> acting up! Anyway-- the information was that you should set up the printer
>> under XP as well. As a "virtual port", like is USB XXX (where the xxx stands
>> for 001, 002 etc). Then assign a "generic text printer" to that port and all
>> should be fine.
>>
>>
>>
>>> -------------- Original message --------------
>>> From: Brian Osborne <bosborne11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Duxusers,
>>>
>>> I have a Thomas Junior Plus 40 embosser that worked fine with the old
>>> computer (parallel to parallel), we bought a new computer so naturally
>>> everything has to be reconfigured. This new computer is running Windows XP
>>> and like many new computers has no parallel ports, just USB ports. So I
>>> connect the Thomas to the computer using a parallel-to-USB cable (Belkin).
>>> Then I configure the embosser from the Duxbury Global menu, Global ->
>>> Embosser Setup -> New -> Enabling Thomas. Now I when I try to emboss from
>>> Duxbury I get an error message of ˆ1, doesn‚t really tell me much but I‚m
>>> not surprised ˆ how is Duxbury supposed to know that it‚s supposed to print
>>> to one of the USBs?
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to configure this? I‚d expect this would not be a rare
>>> problem, there‚s plenty of embossers around that use parallel ports and
>>> there‚s plenty of new computers without parallel ports.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Brian O.
>>
>
>
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