Identifying COM/LPT ports

[Guest]

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How do I know which ports are (physically) connected to what periferals?

I have three printer/plotters, two connected through multi-prong
connectors and one through USB.

The USB-connected printer is ok as is my original printer. My plotter
will not print even though I can 'send' it a drawing.

System devices identifies:
LPT1
COM1
COM3

How do I know which is which?

tremend

 

[peter]

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in Device Manager click View/devices by connection
peter
"tremend" <tremend@greetham.com> wrote in message
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> How do I know which ports are (physically) connected to what periferals?
>
> I have three printer/plotters, two connected through multi-prong connectors
> and one through USB.
>
> The USB-connected printer is ok as is my original printer. My plotter will not
> print even though I can 'send' it a drawing.
>
> System devices identifies:
> LPT1
> COM1
> COM3
>
> How do I know which is which?
>
> tremend