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USB printer cable for an HP 5500 Designjet Hi kidz... I am trying to find a USB Cable for my printer, the HP 5500 Designjet. Is there a 25 pin to usb cable that will work... I have bought two so far and nothing, unless there is more to the set up than just plugging it in and letting it find the...

So how do I fix that? Windows XP...

Hey y'all.... here it is, a new problem.... I like this XY380P.... been using it for 7 years now.... When I hit send, to plot a design, it says it's sending, then cutting, says 100%, and then nothing happens, so, I close the send/plot program, close the device manager, close Flexi Starter, then...

Hey Gang! My XY 380P will only cut after clicking send, and then shutting down, and restarting the computer! Any Clues?

Well, here's a new one, I have read about everything I can here about the xy 380p... Now what happens is when I hit send, nothing happens! BUT!, ... and there always seems to be one, is that when I shut down, reboot the computer, before I log back on, the plotter starts to cut what I had asked...

Stopped by to thank all of you for your help! Still can't get the cable to work, but now I think the XY-380p is dying... won't cut now until I restart the computer, then before I open Flexi again, it starts cutting from memory.... very strange indeed.

I had the same problem, added more memory, and it was fine.

Since I didn't see anyone mention it, watch where you dig! Sprinkler lines, water lines, underground electric.... I have found a few... they don't bury them as deep as you think they should... it cost nothing to have the utilities do a search for you.... I use them all the time, and they are...

I use Goof Off to clean just about everything...2o duckies a gallon at Home Depot, stinks the high heavens, but a great buzz... seriously, it even works on Lexan and most poly's. BUT: TEST IT FIRST!! I have cleaned hundreds of trucks with it, won't hurt the paint unless it is really new! I get...

The HP 5500 is great for posters, and window cards.... I use a adhesive back vinyl, about 138 dollar's for a 36" x 66' roll, from Reese Supply, and I print the graphics for Real Estate Signs, I laminate them by hand, and they look great, and they last long enough outdoors for this type of...

Thanx all! All the great ideas, and so far, still Nada! Nada dang thing will work, but I did get an old Lexmark Z615 to run on it through USB by downloading a Vista Driver!

That's too bad.... I have had this for 7 years, and has made me a ton of $! Not ready to give it up yet, but so sad that I like Windows 7, and it is compatible with zilch! Probably stuck using the old Dell till it gives up the ghost anyway! :banghead:

You understand correctly, so I tried the parallel to USB by itself, and this IEEE-1284 controller pops up on the printer menu screen when I plug in the cable...when unplugged it goes away... that seems to be where the problem lies... The USB to Parallel cable is a DYNEX brand...

Thanx.... Thanx man, I'm on it!:supersmilie:

Hey all! I'll keep asking this, how, or is it even possible to run my plotter, Vinyl Master 380P and my HP Designjet 5500 from my new Windows 7 Home Premium.... Tried everything imaginable.... bought 25pin to USB cables, some stupid controller keeps blocking it! UGH..... The old puter is going...

Oh, and it is Flexi 8.6v1....

I have tried to get drivers for HP windows 7 64 bit to run the HP 500, but the link doesn't work.... and the 5500 works fine from the DELL, I can't get it to run on the new computer... which only has USB plugs.... a couple posts back tell my problem and what I have....

I do most of the design work with Corel, then save and export to Flexi 8 starter, which I use for plotting.... it came with the plotter. It all works great together as a team, been using it for 6 years now... .... my issue is the HP Designjet 5500 and the plotter will not run on the windows 7...

Vinyl Master 380P Shaun, Thanx for replying.... Vinyl Master XY380P. I have bought a couple different cables, to go from the 25pin to the USB, but they don't let me in.... it will start to say "receiving", then stop!The same problem with the Printer too! They work great in the old, but dying...

Hey all! I'll keep asking this, how, or is it even possible to run my plotter, Vinyl Master 380P and my HP Designjet 5500 from my new Windows 7 Home Premium.... Tried everything imaginable.... bought 25pin to USB cables, some stupid controller keeps blocking it! UGH..... The old puter is going...