USB to Parallel Converter

Has anyone had success using any USB to parallel port converter? I've tried 3 different cables including one that supposedly supported the full IEEE-1284 standard, but all of them show up only as a virtual printer port. Is there a way to get access to this port through LabView? Are there any cables/converters out that actually show up as a regular parallel port? I've searched far and wide for one, but had no luck. I searched the boards to see if anyone had done this, but most of the posts were over a year old and had no resolution confirming whether or not a proposed solution worked or not. Thanks in advance for any help,
Travis

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Has anyone had success using any USB to parallel port converter? I've tried 3 different cables including one that supposedly supported the full IEEE-1284 standard, but all of them show up only as a virtual printer port. Is there a way to get access to this port through LabView? Are there any cables/converters out that actually show up as a regular parallel port? I've searched far and wide for one, but had no luck. I searched the boards to see if anyone had done this, but most of the posts were over a year old and had no resolution confirming whether or not a proposed solution worked or not. Thanks in advance for any help,
Travis
What OS are you using? I had the same problem with XP and LabVIEW 7.0 & &.1. But using the same USB-parallel port converter under WIN2k I was able to access this as a parallel port. In the end my solution was to go to a PCI parallel port which worked fine under both OSes.
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