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 To use the device as an ordinary user, put the user in the group 'lp'
 
 
 To use the device as an ordinary user, put the user in the group 'lp'
 
 

+If you have an almost compatible cable which works with other software but not
+with Impact, try adding -DFORCE_PC3_IDENT to the CFLAGS line in the Makefile.
+This enables a hack by Stefan Ziegenbalg to force detection of a parallel cable.
+
+

 Parallel Cable IV is currently only supported in 'compatibility mode', as no
 attempt to configure the ECP registers is done by this library.
 
 Parallel Cable IV is currently only supported in 'compatibility mode', as no
 attempt to configure the ECP registers is done by this library.