Hi Ken,
Did you read all about the problem and solution in that link? Following is an excerpt.
In K3CCDTools I selected port 03BC because a previous experience taught me that whatever program was messing with the settings of the parallel ports, 03BC was not interfered with.
In spite of my K3CCDTools setting at port 03BC the problems persisted. Obviously my system was not 'listening' to my K3CCDTools setting, but used port 0278/0378 instead.
Then a thought entered my mind: my laptop had been to a shop for repairs and maybe those guys had done something to my BIOS settings?
I fired up the CMOS/BIOS settings and noticed that the parallel ports were in AUTO select mode. I quickly modified the setting from AUTO to 03BC and my problems are over!!!
Some of the problem sounded similar to what you were experiencing. When i read it , i thought of you guys straight away. I was hoping it would help. I'm only new at all of this,LOL.
Cheers