Windows 10 Printing

STEP 1:
1. Go To Printers & Scanners in the Control Panel
2. Click Add a printer or scanner
3.You will then have to wait until your computer finishes scanning for new printers.
4. Then select "The printer that I wanted isn't listed"

STEP 2:  "find a printer by other options"
1 - Select "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings"
2 -click next

STEP 3: "Choose a port"
1. click "Use an existing port"
2. use the drop-down menu to select the com port with your USB->serial adapter
3. click Next

STEP 4:"Install printer driver dialog"
1. select "Generic" in the left column
2. and "Generic / Text Only" in the right column

STEP 5: "Which version of the driver do you want to use"
1-  select "Use the driver that is currently installed (recommended)"
2 -click Next

STEP 6: "Type a name"
The  the Printer name default to "Generic /Text Only"
1 - Enter you choice of printer name.  In the example shown, I changed mine to Alphacom 32
2 - click Next

STEP 7: "Printer sharing"
1- Leave the setting as "Do not shre this printer"
or

2- Share select "Share this printer so that others on your network can find and use it"
set the share name and optionally a location and comment
3- click Next

STEP 8: "You have successfully added ..."
1- click Finish

Now that you have created a new Text Only printer, in Printers & Scanner select this new printer then click "Manage"
Click "Printer Properties" ,  Click the "Ports" tab,  for "Bits per second" select "9600"
and for "Flow control" select "Xon / Xoff",  click OK