GUIDE TO PARALLEL TO USB ADAPTERS

Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable

Manufacturer : SABRENT
In Stock : 25

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Features

Converts USB signals to parallel port signals
6 feet long
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Product Description

The USB to parallel converter cable allows Winterm customers the ability to attach legacy port peripherals to simple and powerful small-footprint USB products. The parallel converter cable supports Centronics standard printers.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Sabrent USB-to-Parallel, 6-foot printer cable is the best solution to convert USB signals to parallel port signals, and it is also compatible with most printers' supported drivers. With a bi-directional technique, this cable makes the communication completely from USB port to parallel port or completely from parallel port to USB port. The model also makes the communication work with both a PC and a Macintosh. This USB-to-parallel printer cable is typically used to connect a printer to a USB port on a PC. It connects a desktop or laptop computer with on-board USB to a parallel interface printer.

By using this USB-to-parallel interface converter cable, you can connect any standard parallel printer to a USB port. The USB interface provides a much faster data transfer rate than a standard parallel port, thereby reducing the time waiting for a print job to be sent to your printer. This portable device is self powered and provides plug-and-play installation to any USB-compliant computer running Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, or a Mac running OS 9.2 or higher. It includes a 6-foot USB-to-parallel adapter cable and the drivers on a CD. What's in the Box
USB-to-parallel cable; drivers on a CD.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.00 out of 102 reviews

Rating :
Works with iMac - Cleb, Aug 07, 2008

Package says nothing about compatibility with mac, but when I installed it between my 8-year-old HP Laserjet and my two-week-old iMac (OS 10.5), there was no problem. No software was needed for installation or use, or if there was, my Mac did it automatically. Cable comes with a 3-inch laser disc that was not needed, and probably would have got stuck in my disc drive if I had been dumb enough to try it.

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NEVER buy this. Junk in a box. - Duke Of Earl, Jul 31, 2008

I purchased this because a few of the reviews said it "worked out of the box". I'm on XP. It simply does NOT work at all. The packaging says a 6' cable; it's around 4'. It says Windows XP compatible -- not even close. If they meant to say that with their cable you will receive "unknown device" messages from the USB controller then it sure is compatible. The packaging says "Fully compatible with all parallel printers". I have a Lexmark 3200 Parallel printer; it doesn't work.

Read ALL the reviews and you will see what I mean. I wish I had read them all! The drivers are for Pre-XP systems. The documentation is in broken English and is lame. I will never purchase anything from Sabrent because of their obvious false advertising on this product.

I wish I could find a "Contact Us" for Amazon and ask them why they are selling a falsely marked product but alas, I could not find such a link. I thought about returning this purchase but the shipping costs Amazon would charge me would be about the same as the cost of this "printer cable".

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Did not work with HP 5P printer and Vista - Dennis Benson, Jul 20, 2008

Vista recognized the printer, but would not print. Most reviews ( I read after buying this cable) say that HP printers won't work with this type cable. I recommend installing a parallel printer card instead of trying this cable.

Rating :
Don't gamble on this - J. Lawrence, Jul 18, 2008

Who knows why the people at Sabrent would create a so-called "adapter" cable that works with such a limited number of printers -- but they did.

My experience supports the advice of earlier reviewers who bought this cable, found it useless, then had to turn around and buy a Belkin adapter to get the job done. In this instance, the Sabrent failed to connect a Dell Latitude laptop to a 1200 Series Samsung laser printer. But the Belkin F5U002V1 from Amazon did the trick.

Turns out that if you surf the Web long enough you can find the limited list of printers this Sabrent is made to serve. It should not be this difficult! Ya live and learn.

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Salavaged its cost when I bought a new printer - openbook, Jul 10, 2008

Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable did not work with Windows Vista on two serial printers: HP LaserJet III and Epson Stylus Photo 820. It does work with Vista and a brand new Brothers HL5250DN. This monchrome laserjet has a serial port connection, so I used the Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable to connect it to the CPU. This saved me the cost of buying another USB cable. In hindsight I should have simply bought a new printer, the day I bought my new computer.

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