The motherboard is an ASUS A78NX and the bios settings related to Parallel Ports are:-
Onboard Parallel Port: 378/IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode: ECP+EPP -- HP Deskjet 840C on Parallel Port Not Autodetected. https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35689 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
