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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A very good solution to get old (parallel port) printers working with newer (USB) PCs. It was pretty easy to get an old HP LaserJet 4 printer set up and working on a Sony laptop running Windows Vista.
One thing to note is that you may well need to change the "Port" setting to a free USB port, for the printer in Vista. This is easily done by right-clicking on the printer in Windows, selecting the Properties option, going to the Ports tab and ticking one of the boxes for an available USB port (e.g. USB005).
At 1.8m this cable is a little longer than most and allows the printer to be located a reasonable distance from the laptop.
Overall, this is a good value solution that has given an economical old printer a new lease of life!
One thing to note is that you may well need to change the "Port" setting to a free USB port, for the printer in Vista. This is easily done by right-clicking on the printer in Windows, selecting the Properties option, going to the Ports tab and ticking one of the boxes for an available USB port (e.g. USB005).
At 1.8m this cable is a little longer than most and allows the printer to be located a reasonable distance from the laptop.
Overall, this is a good value solution that has given an economical old printer a new lease of life!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
This item cost me 1p :) although i did take a hit on the £4.99 delivery charge :(
This item seems to be sold by others under different names but the images (if accurate) seem to show the same product. I too couldn't get it working like one other reviewer but I noticed someone else had problems but managed to get it working by simply switching the printer off and then back on again. This worked for me too. Don't forget to change the port from LPT to USB in the printer properties. 1* for ease of use, 1* for delivery charge, 5* for unit cost though.
This item seems to be sold by others under different names but the images (if accurate) seem to show the same product. I too couldn't get it working like one other reviewer but I noticed someone else had problems but managed to get it working by simply switching the printer off and then back on again. This worked for me too. Don't forget to change the port from LPT to USB in the printer properties. 1* for ease of use, 1* for delivery charge, 5* for unit cost though.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
After viewing several similar products, I found this one with a review that said it worked fine no problems, and YES it did. This enabled my son have a previously redundant printer at university for a very minimal cost. So if your looking to use an old parallel port printer on a computer with USB connection this will certainly do the job, might be a little slow sending data but if it's fast enough for an impatient 18year old it carn't be that slow.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
usb printer cable
needed a new cable when i changed my laptop so i had a usb port connection, this fitted the bill. was a very good price/product and very prpmpt delivery
Published 12 days ago by Mich
USB to Parallel Syntronics converter
With all new PC's & Laptops now only being produced with USB connections this great little USB to Parallel Syntronics connector allows you to continue to use your old printer.
Published 6 months ago by Mr Seneca E. J. Senior
Serial to USB convertor
Does exactly what I needed it for to connect an older laser printer to the new laptop. Arrived promptly, well apckaged.
Published 9 months ago by Bob Miller
think carefully before you buy!
i brought this product in an attempt to revive an ancient epson stylus 460. the most modern drivers i could find for the printer were for windows 2000/nt and were compatible with... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Berb
So easy!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Canon BJC-4650 is ancient so a new PC with no parallel port was looking daunting but this simple cable was a 10 second cure. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Machloop
Beware, software issues may stop you benefiting from this product!
I received this item and can't say it doesn't work as it has recognised my printer correctly as an HP720C deskjet. Read more
Published 16 months ago by ElicahouseDotcom
Mostly happy a the end
The cable is less than 1.8m in length.
Intially the company sent the wrong cable but they quickly rectified the mistake, free of charge.
Intially the company sent the wrong cable but they quickly rectified the mistake, free of charge.
Published 18 months ago by N. Caddy
Item delivered is a substitute and did not work properly
Product was not as advertised. The item fit's to the end of an existing printer cable but was advertised as having centronics type plug to fit printer directly. Item is not 1. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Matt
Didn't work on a Deskjet 840c with Lenovo Thinkpad
I was very pleased to get this in the mail as I was looking forward to making the Desktjet I have here work for the first time. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Chris Monahan
Couldn't get it to work
It came as a 1m parallel-USB converter cable and a 1m USB-USB extension, which seemed odd. Like a couple of other buyers I couldn't get it to work with my 7 year old Dell PC and... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Lucys pop
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