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Document  No.  ICE104P1498 – pg. 1/2

B&B Electronics  -- April 1998

Connect Up To Four Printers To One Parallel Port

Model ICE-104P

Introduction

Eliminate the need for extra LPT ports. The 

ICE-104P

 is a four-port, code-activated switch for

the parallel port. The supplied software allows you to switch from Port A to Port D, or broadcast to
two or all four connected printers. The unit is self-powered from each of the connected ports. For
applications where power cannot be derived from the ports, a 9 VDC power supply is available. Ports
can be selected using hot keys with a TSR, from the command line, or from a Windows program.
There is also a manual switch for port selection. The ICE-104P has 5 female DB-25 connectors, and
LEDs showing which ports are selected. Dimensions: 4.75"W x 4.0"D x 1.75"H.

System Requirements

q

 

IBM PC/XT/AT/PS-2 or 100% compatible.

q

 

MS-DOS version 3.3 or above.

q

 

At least 64K bytes of memory.

q

 

At least one Parallel Port (Printer Port).

q

 

One 5.25" floppy drive.

Installation

If you have a hard disk, you can copy all the programs to a directory for later use by the following process:

1.

 

Place the System disk in you floppy A:.

2.

 

At the "

A:>

" DOS prompt type "

INSTALL C:

" or "

INSTALL D:

" depending on which driver you want to install.

The 

INSTALL

 Batch file will copy all the necessary files to your hard disk and place them in directory 

<ICEWARE>

. Under

<ICEWARE>

 directory, there are two subdirectories 

<ICP12>

 and 

<ICP14>

<ICP12>

 contains the programs for 1 to 2 parallel

switch and 

<ICP14>

 for 1 to 4.

How To Use ICP12.EXE & ICP14.EXE

a. ICP12.EXE Command Line Options

Usage: 

ICP12

 [option1] | [option2]

Option1: 

Function

/1 

Select LPT1

/2 

Select LPT2

/3 

Select LPT3

/4 

Select LPT4

/A 

Switch output to Port A

/B 

Switch output to Port B

/C 

Switch to broadcast mode

Option2:

/R 

Install ICP12.EXE and keep it resident in memory

/U 

Remove ICP12.EXE and release memory

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