The issue in that case is windows seven compatibility, not virtualization. To find out if your old enabling embosser is windows seven compatible, email the serial number to enableing support and ask.
Best, Erik Burggraaf On Nov 23, 2014, at 7:49 AM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > Includimg old Enabling Technologies embossers? This IS the sticking point. > I do not think some of us wish to try two separate installations just to see > which works and which does not. Its fine if you know what you are doing and > cna fool around with it. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 11/23/2014 1:11 AM, Roland Zitzke wrote: >> 100% agree! >> I use VMWare Fusion myself running windows 7 and I am working with unusual >> USB devices quite a lot. I have never come accross a single device which >> failed to connect to the VM. >> As silly as it may sound: Does the dialog come up which let's you chose >> where to connect the device to, MAC or VM? >> It has a checkbox letting you remember your choice, did you by chance make >> the wrong selection persistent? >> /Roland >> >> Am Sonntag, 23. November 2014 06:49:34 UTC+1 schrieb eburggraaf: >>> >>> No, that isn’t right. You may have an incompatible cable, but it >>> shouldn’t matter whther you run fusion or bootcamp. In fact, you can run >>> bootcamp particians as virtual machines. >>> >>> I’ve found virtualization to be a very convenient excuse for people who >>> don’t know systems besides windows. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 22, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Juliette Swiler <jmsw...@samobile.net >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> Well, according to tech support from Enabling Technologies, the only way >>> it will work is if I uninstall Windows and Fusion, and reinstall it using >>> boot camp. The tech support says the embosser will only work in boot camp. >>> This is really disappointing, and a major flaw of using fusion. >>> >>> On Nov 22, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Roland Zitzke <roland...@googlemail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, these USB to parallel adapters are actually printer port adapters. >>> This means that they connect a centronics printer to your USB host. They do >>> not - and they can not - simulate all aspoects of a parallel interface. a >>> classical parallel interface allows for port level IO which is simply not >>> possible via USB. >>> A printer port - sometimes referred to as centronics port - only uses a >>> subset of these features. >>> Therefore, your embosser might simply rely on features not supported with >>> the USB printer port class. >>> /Roland >>> >>> Am Samstag, 22. November 2014 16:40:39 UTC+1 schrieb Juliette Swiler: >>>> >>>> Left a message yesterday for support at Enabling Technologies. Haven’t >>>> heard back from them yet. May have to try calling support at Duxbury >>>> Systems though. >>>> >>>> On Nov 21, 2014, at 5:34 PM, er...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Some of these adapters work and some don't, while embossers made before a >>>> certain date won't work on 7 no matter what cable you have. Don't be shy >>>> to call support. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my android device. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Juliette Swiler <jmsw...@samobile.net> >>>> To: macvisi...@googlegroups.com >>>> Sent: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 2:42 PM >>>> Subject: running Embosser with Duxbury on my Mac >>>> >>>> I am running a Mac Book Air with Windows 7 Professional and trying to get >>>> an Enabling Technologies embosser to work properly with Duxbury. I can’t >>>> seem to get the computer and embosser to communicate with each other >>>> properly. I am trying to use a USB to parallel port cable since the Mac >>>> does not have a parallel port. I am assuming I am going to have to call >>>> tech support at Enabling to get some help with this. Any ideas would be >>>> greatly appreciated. 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