From: Thibouille
There are parallel to USB cables which do work fine AFAICT.
Looks like they're lumping two kinds of cable together though; USB to
DB-25 & USB to Centronics.
If you're hooking a computer's USB to an old printer that used a
parallel cable, you're most likely going to need the USB to Centronics.
The other cable would work for a computer that has a parallel port and
you need to hook up a USB printer to it.
2011/3/30 David Parsons <[email protected]>:
>
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=471&name=USB%20Parallel%20Adapter
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Jaume Lahuerta <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My uncle has bought a new desktop replacing a +10 yers old one. The old
computer
>> came bundled with a printer (HP 720c) and a scanner.
>> The scanner has USB connection but the printer has still only parallel port.
>>
>> My question: is it possible to connect the printer to the new desktop with
only
>> USB ports? It seems that there are drivers for Windows 7 but I am not sure
about
>> parallel to USB converters...does this exist and work with not too much
hassle?
>> Any experiences?
>>
>> Printers are cheap these days but I hate having to buy new things when the
old
>> ones are still capable to do the job...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jaume
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