Since I got the new Dell running, I'm unable to print to the Epson with the parallel printer interface.

The full story:

The Dell has no parallel interface on the motherboard.

So, I get a USB to parallel cable with a driver and it installs perfectly fine. I can print from Windows to the Epson.

However, I cannot print from DOS. Speaking with Epson shows that I need a true parallel interface card on the computer. Fine.

Purchase the interface card and install it. Verify that the port is LPT-1 and reinstall the Epson with the port being LPT-1.

Each time printing is attempted: "The document failed to print".

Two possibilities:

1) The Epson absolutely needs IRQ-7 and the XP is not providing that????

2) The installed driver for the USB to parallel cable is redirecting the output to the USB port???

I'm in way over my head with this one...........and, apparently..........so are the hardware vendors..........nobody wants to touch it.

Anybody with some serious experience with this??