parallel port epp

computer was built for metal art machine operate’s on epp 1.9 . but in the bio’s the add on parallel port only will go only esp,ecp the machine i made for this machine 5year’s ago had no work till this month and it’s in fla and im in ala burning up the phone line . the young kid that built the machine this time made it it doesn’t work and hasn’t been back only thing that hook’s to it is the mouse,screen,and keyboard and parallel i got it to tell me to load the driver’s for the port .what brand he put in i don’t know