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How do you redirect a serial port to output out of the parallel port?

April 26, 2017output parallel port redirect serial

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How do you redirect a serial port to output out of the parallel port?

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You don’t. If you are wanting to plug something into the serial port and it is the same size as the parallel port (it is not a parallel port. It is a different plug for the serial.) Use an adaptor. You can redirect LPT1 outputs with mode LPT=COM1 but not the other way around. If the laptop or computer has a USB just grab a USB to Serial Adaptor.