Allan

Just connected my old Vinyl Express Lynx to Windows 7 64 bit, and did some cutting. I plugged in my parallel to usb cable into the a usb port on the HP15 laptop. Turned on the cutter. The computer found it. It loaded an existing driver to create USB_Printer_0. Also an IEEE-1284 Controller (the Lynx) was listed as a device on the computer. Next, in Flexi Starter 10, I used "Add Setup" to add the Vinyl Express Lynx, and selected USB_Printer_0 as the port. Went back to Flexi, and clicked the cut button. Voila! One interesting note is that Flexi bypassed the production manager, although it was running. I think that because the HP15 laptop does not have a parallel (or serial) port, the software drivers are already installed to adapt a usb port to parallel, such as for a printer. The Lynx has an IEEE-1284 interface, which is the same as a parallel printer. So you don't need special software; the driver is already on the 64-bit computer. Just need a cable.