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| Brand: | Belkin |
| Color: | Black |
| Item Height : | 61 centimetres |
| Item Width: | 127 centimetres |
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Connect your parallel printer through USB. The USB Parallel Printer Adapter is as easy to install as a parallel cable. Simply connect it into your printer, and then plug it into your PC's USB port or USB hub. The adapter works with most standard parallel or IEEE 1284 printers.
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Belkin F5U002VEA USB Parallel Printer AdaptorConnect your parallel printer through USB. The USB Parallel Printer Adaptor is as easy to install as a parallel cable. Simply connect it into your printer, then plug it into your PC's USB port or USB hub. The Adaptor works with most standard parallel or IEEE 1284 printers. Connect your parallel printer through USB. The USB Parallel Printer Adaptor is as easy to install as a parallel cable. Simply connect it into your printer, then plug it into your PC's USB port or USB hub. The Adaptor works with most standard parallel or IEEE 1284 printers. Features:Belkin F5U002VEA USB Parallel Printer Adapter Works with most standard parallel or IEEE 1284 printers Easy to Install
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Sometimes just buying a new printer (or other parallel device) to get a USB or network interface just isn't possible. In the home world maybe, but sometimes professional kit, especially legacy kit that you may rely on, just doesn't come in other falvours. In those cases, with parallel support rapidly disappearing from PCs a USB-to-parallel adapter may be your only practical option.
Beware, however...
I bought a cheap (about 3 pounds) version of this cable (not Belkin) initially and it was simply not recognised by my operating system (Win XP) as a recognisable USB device.
The OS simply listed an 'unrecognised USB device' whatever I did with the cheap cable.
My intention was to use this type of adapter to drive a parallel printer, and even installing USB-virtual-parallel printer support (I don't remember the correct name I'm afraid, possibly simply "USB Printing Support") did not help (actually this was a case of re-installing as it's built into Win Xp anyway).
I sent the cheap one back and bought this one.
The Belkin cable worked out of the box - no messing around, I just plugged it in and it was recognised by the OS without any problems at all.
That said, OS and device support for using parallel devices over USB connections can be a bit flaky. I do find that my machine sometimes just forgets that a printer is connected. This, I believe, is not the fault of the cable as the interface is still detected fine. I bit of reading around has pointed firmly to specific device drivers and the OS itself.
Quite often brand name cables are not worth the extra money, but in this case I would say it was defintely worth paying the extra for (you can read my other reviews to see how rarely I recommend paying the extra for branded cables!)
Beware, however...
I bought a cheap (about 3 pounds) version of this cable (not Belkin) initially and it was simply not recognised by my operating system (Win XP) as a recognisable USB device.
The OS simply listed an 'unrecognised USB device' whatever I did with the cheap cable.
My intention was to use this type of adapter to drive a parallel printer, and even installing USB-virtual-parallel printer support (I don't remember the correct name I'm afraid, possibly simply "USB Printing Support") did not help (actually this was a case of re-installing as it's built into Win Xp anyway).
I sent the cheap one back and bought this one.
The Belkin cable worked out of the box - no messing around, I just plugged it in and it was recognised by the OS without any problems at all.
That said, OS and device support for using parallel devices over USB connections can be a bit flaky. I do find that my machine sometimes just forgets that a printer is connected. This, I believe, is not the fault of the cable as the interface is still detected fine. I bit of reading around has pointed firmly to specific device drivers and the OS itself.
Quite often brand name cables are not worth the extra money, but in this case I would say it was defintely worth paying the extra for (you can read my other reviews to see how rarely I recommend paying the extra for branded cables!)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This USB to parallel printer cable has brought a new lease of life to an old but compact and economical Canon BJ10sx printer.
The cable is packaged with a mini CD containig a driver and instructions.
The instructions are short and brief and it has to be said, in common with many small items like this originating in the far east, bordering on useless and of questionable accuracy. Following them did not result in a functioning link to the printer.
As it happens I did not need to install the driver onto my (Windows XP)computer as it was already installed and appears to be a standard Microsoft driver.
To get the cable working I also, like "John", needed to go through the control panel and device manager. When the cable is connected you need to find "USB printing support". I didn't need to install the driver but did need to go into the "ports" tab and select one of the two USB printer ports from the options. One worked, one didn't.
For me the cable could do with being a little longer too.
All said despite a few minutes of fuss to get it set up, this adapter cable works perfectly for me now.
The cable is packaged with a mini CD containig a driver and instructions.
The instructions are short and brief and it has to be said, in common with many small items like this originating in the far east, bordering on useless and of questionable accuracy. Following them did not result in a functioning link to the printer.
As it happens I did not need to install the driver onto my (Windows XP)computer as it was already installed and appears to be a standard Microsoft driver.
To get the cable working I also, like "John", needed to go through the control panel and device manager. When the cable is connected you need to find "USB printing support". I didn't need to install the driver but did need to go into the "ports" tab and select one of the two USB printer ports from the options. One worked, one didn't.
For me the cable could do with being a little longer too.
All said despite a few minutes of fuss to get it set up, this adapter cable works perfectly for me now.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Needed to connect a legacy HP LaserJet to a modern laptop to enable a medium-high level of printing to be undertaken. Cable allowed me to do this - and the installation instructions made the whole process simple and trouble free.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
IEEE488 Connector???
The sales pitch for this product does not make it clear that the connector is IEEE488. I wanted a USB parallel Adapter because my PC doesnt have a parallel port. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Doug
Unsuitable for Hewlett Packard Laser jet 1100
Don't buy this for Hewlett Packard Laser jet 1100. It is incompatible with this printer as the connector doesn't fit.
Published 4 months ago by Derek
Does the job
Used to connect rather old HP laserjet to new Sony Vaio computer. Worked without difficulty and it was not necessary to install new drivers.
Published 6 months ago by P. Fulton
HP DeskJet live again!
Connected my oldie HP DeskJet 710C to netbook - prints fine - windows 7 caught and installed printed itself, no extra tinkering. Read more
Published 8 months ago by SigitasP
Does what it says on the tin
Bought this based on other, positive reviews on Amazon. Having just bought a brand new, up-to-date computer I needed an adapter to be able to print using my old, but very trusty... Read more
Published 9 months ago by S. Kingdom
Cable problems
Went through hell to get the computer to talk to the printer through this cable. Contacted Belkin and their tech guy struggled and was unable to make it work but he led me down the... Read more
Published 20 months ago by John
High hopes ... dashed
I had high hopes that this would sort out my USB to parallel problems in Windows 7 with an HP 640C.
Sadly it didn't. Read more
Sadly it didn't. Read more
Published 20 months ago by A. Bacon
Windows 7
FYI - Just installed one of these on a Windows 7 PC without any problems, (the manual does not explictly mention Win7 compatibility. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. Heath
fixed printing problem with Snow Leopard
When I upgraded to Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) this disabled the ability to print via ethernet to my trusty old HP Laserjet 4M Plus. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2009 by Pete C
Buy a new printer!!!
I upgraded my PC to one without a parallel port for a printer. Bought this to connect it to a USB port but REALLY slow. Takes around 5 minutes to send EACH PAGE to the printer. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2008 by Pete James
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