Parallel port to USB

stevestrat · 2nd February 2018, 15:54

I have an old but perfectly good HP Laserjet printer but, like many modern laptops, my laptop doesn't have a parallel port. Anybody know if one of those parallel to USB cables would work or would I be wasting my money

reworht · 2nd February 2018, 16:07

Should work fine Steve - might be better to get one of the slightly more costly ones rather than some of the £2 variety perhaps

I used one at work to connect modern PCs to an ancient, Epson oversize A3 colour printer and it worked no problem.

stevestrat · 2nd February 2018, 16:38

Thanks Rod, I'll have a look for one. I have some documents to print, resurrecting the laser printer would be better than eating ink cartridges.

humphshumphs · 2nd February 2018, 17:39

I've used them a few times and find that they work quite well.

Never bought a cheap one, so can't say what they are like though.

Mgaz · 14th April 2018, 18:27

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Originally Posted by reworht

Should work fine Steve - might be better to get one of the slightly more costly ones rather than some of the £2 variety perhaps

I used one at work to connect modern PCs to an ancient, Epson oversize A3 colour printer and it worked no problem.

You would still need driver for it though.. wouldn't you?

And if you are running Windows 10 , it possibly wont communicate with the printer.

Bogbrush82 · 20th April 2018, 18:01

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Originally Posted by Mgaz

You would still need driver for it though.. wouldn't you?

And if you are running Windows 10 , it possibly wont communicate with the printer.

That's why I still use Windows 7 - So much more user friendly.

Still if you have the HD space, dual boot is a possibility.

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