Reviews
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Don from
Did the Job
Did what it was supposed to do in making use of an older parallel interface printer from a newer motherboard that had no parallel ports on the backplane.
Date published: 2012-11-22
Rated 5 out of
5
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Udunge from
Works great.
Connected easily worked right away.
Date published: 2014-08-07
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Carolyn from
excellent product
I have some old zip disks and a drive that doesn't have a USB port. My laptop only has USB ports. How do I get the pictures from the disk to the computer? I went to the store and bought the wrong one. Who knew there are two different types of IEEE-1284 cables? I was able to enlarge the picture on cable-to-go's website to make sure I was ordering the right one this time. It works great.
Date published: 2009-05-04
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Mercer from
Inexpensive solution
This works great for a user that has a reliable printer(HP 1100 series) that has a Hewlett Packard mini centronix port. They can then use this adapter cable on a computer that does not have a paralel port and still utilize their existing cable.
Date published: 2014-02-14
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Stefanie from
VERY HAPPY!
I was so happy to get this cable. I have a HP Lazerjet 4000. I have owned the printer since 1998, used in a business setting-never had a problem with it. I bought a new computer that was not compatible with the printer. I was told be Dell that the adapters don't really work and they would be more than happy to sell me a new printer. I could not see getting rid of my current printer for no reason. I checked the local Radio Shack, they did not have the adapters either. I found this adapter, and ordered it. With Windows 7, the driver is already built in. All I had to do was plug it in, wait for it to register, and I was up and running with my old printer. Made my day!
Date published: 2011-11-15
Rated 4 out of
5
by
OldTimeTech from
It Works!!!
I connected a older HP 5L to a Acer Dual Core running Linux Ubuntu 11.10.
Date published: 2012-11-07
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Galaxy Graphics from
Would not recommend
I needed this for a software security dongle and it is not compatible for this application.
Date published: 2010-06-26
Rated 5 out of
5
by
The nonGeek Geek from
It works great in Vista!
I'm extremely pleased with this usb to parallel adapter. I purchased an adapter from another source (cheaper) but it simply would not work with Vista.
Then I purchase the adapter from cablestogo and hoped for the best. Wow! It worked and worked well so I would highly recommend this for Windows XP or Vista.
Warmly,
Bob "The nonGeek Geek"
Date published: 2009-11-27
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Questions & Answers
I am trying to use this cable as a communication cable to another device. I was able to do this with a 25 pin ribbon cable on an old computer however my current computer only has usb ports. The cable is detected, however I am not able to assign it a LP...
I am trying to use this cable as a communication cable to another device. I was able to do this with a 25 pin ribbon cable on an old computer however my current computer only has usb ports. The cable is detected, however I am not able to assign it a LPT1 or LPT# address. Is this possible with a net use ltp command, or is what I am attempting simply not possible??? I really need your assistance, thanks.
Asked by: Anonymous
This cable will not appear as an LPT port. It will appear as a USB printing support. It is only to be used with standard parallel printers. The printer port that you would select would be USB001 or USB002 depending on which one is available. It will not work with any other parallel device besides a printer.
Answered by: Steve
Date published: 2017-10-05
Is there a way to turn off ECP mode? Device Manager shows IEEE1284 ECP Parallel Port LPT1. Don't want ECP mode, just old school. It used to be the BIOS setting, but LPT port modes may not be there since motherboards don't offer LPT ports. W7 OS Laptop.
Asked by: Dave
The mode is at PC level, the cable does not determine this.
Answered by: Thomas
Date published: 2019-04-22
I have a Zip 250 drive which needs to connect via a parallel port. Will this cable allow me to connect via USB so I can retrieve my old files? I'll be using Windows 7 and have access to both 32bit and 64bit.
Asked by: Anne
This is a USB to Parallel cable, however our cable is only to be used with a Printer.
Answered by: Tom
Date published: 2018-06-21
I have software that requires a hardware dongle be attached to the parallel port at all times to validate the software. Does this cable support dongle communication? Also, is it compatible for use with VMware?
Asked by: Systems Engineer
This will not work with a parallel dongle. Our adapter will not be recognized as an LPT port. It is recognized as USB printing support.
Answered by: Steve
Date published: 2020-04-03
I've only read reviews of this cable working with HP laserjet printers. I cannot find if it has been compatible with no problems for an HP large format designjet plotter for CADD drawings. Specifically a designjet 430. Is it compatible? Also, why don't...
I've only read reviews of this cable working with HP laserjet printers. I cannot find if it has been compatible with no problems for an HP large format designjet plotter for CADD drawings. Specifically a designjet 430. Is it compatible? Also, why don't you offer longer lengths than 6'?
Asked by: brian
This designed to work with standard printers. It works best with the driver built into the Windows OS. We cannot guarantee it is compatible with that HP DesignJet 430. You can extend the DB25 side with an extension cable if you need a longer length.
Answered by: Steve
Date published: 2017-10-05
I have several of these USB to Parallel adapters and we have a serial device that needs to be connected to a computer with no serial port. Can I use a parallel to serial adapter with this to achieve my goal?
Asked by: Anonymous
This device will not work in that capacity. Please view part number 22429 for a USB to DB25 Serial adapter cable.
Answered by: Sean
Date published: 2017-10-05
Will this work with Windows 10, specifically the 64 bit Home Premium version with latest "upgrade" from MS, 1511, I think, that breaks regular pci/pcie parallel ports.
Asked by: RichE
Our adapter is compatible with Windows 10. Our device is recognized as a USB printer not a LPT port.
Answered by: Steve
Date published: 2017-11-29
Will this work with Windows8? Others I've tried won't.
Asked by: Richard
This cable is compatible with Windows 8.
Answered by: Michael
Date published: 2017-10-05
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