USB to Parallel

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I have an older printer with a parallel connection and a new computer with
USB. Is there some sort of converter I can use to get these to talk to each
other?

Thank you.
 
David Glass said:
I have an older printer with a parallel connection and a new computer with
USB. Is there some sort of converter I can use to get these to talk to
each other?
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Just do a Google for USB to parallel cable and you will turn up many hits.
Here is one:
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/usb_printer_cable.htm#bf1284
If this is an old Epson printer, you will probably find the ink monitor
doesn't work with the adapter cable. If you already have a parallel cable
for the printer, perhaps you should simply install a PCI Parallel Port PCI
Printer card that sell for about $10-$20 on EBay.
 
I have an older printer with a parallel connection and a new computer
with USB. Is there some sort of converter I can use to get these to
talk to each other?

Thank you.
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Yes, there are such devices, and they've been around since the beginning of
USB, so I don't think they'd be that hard to find, if you look.
 
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