Parallel Dongle through USB port

Hi,

I have been using a legitimate copy of Cosmos Design/Star / CosmosM on
a desktop using the standard printer port dongle and validate.cos
license file. I'm trying to run Cosmos on a new laptop with no parallel
port. I've purchased a usb to parallel adapter, however, the device
does not appear in the device driver as an LPT device but as a
usb-print device. I know that they make a usb key that can be
purchased, but I'd like to try and make it work with what I have.

If anyone knows how to configure validate.cos to detect the parallel
dongle through the usb port, please help me.

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