Upon arrival, and installing the PCI card, you will need to install the driver for this, either by using the disk provided, or by obtaining the driver online. Check the spec of your motherboard to determine if you can use either. If you do not have a PCIe slot, I believe there are alternative Parallel Port PCI cards which fit into a PCI slot. Note that PCI and PCIe express are different. This model fits into a PCIe 1 slot.īE CAREFUL before purchasing to ensure that your motherboard does indeed have a PCIe1 slot. See the link to the model i purchased below. Instead, I used a PCIe parallel port card, purchased on ebay for around £8/$10. Step 1: Obtaining parallel port interface hardwareįirstly, i found that a parallel port to USB adaptor would not work, as these are designed for parallel port printers and do not have bidirectional comms. Make sure you use an anti static bracelet when installing the PCI card, and be careful when installing any software to avoid viruses. I did a lot of research on this and could not find a complete tutorial, just many dead ends.Īfter using several related tutorials not specific to the iomega i managed to find a way.ĭisclaimer: I'm not a software expert and I have limited knowledge with parallel ports/LPT devices I'm 21 at the time of writing, so this is my first time using them, however I'm a Graduate Electrical/Electronic/Embedded Engineer so I have some knowledge and may be able to answer some questions.Īlso a prior warning: this tutorial shouldn't be too difficult, but I'm not responsible for any damage done to your computers if anything should go wrong.

Just thought I'd share a tutorial as I recently managed to accomplish this.

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