On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:32:10 +0200, "MS" <maria.steyn@wanadoo.nl>
wrote:

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> Does Vista Home Premium NOT accept a USB printer as its only/first printer?[/color]



Certainly it *does*.

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> My Lexmark Z23-33 is recognized by the USB function but
> not visible nor addressable under Printers.[/color]



Then you haven't installed it correctly. Exactly how did you do the
software part of the installation?

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> Do I really need an old 'local' printer with the big connector as a first printer?[/color]


No.

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> Is there a workaround?[/color]


No workaround is needed. Many thousand or millions of people have done
this successfully.
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> Curious,
> Maria[/color]

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