On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that there is a USB to Parallel Centronics Interface Cable. > But, is there a 25 pin Parallel to USB Interface Cable?
USB has a great many more features than parallel, and the printer will expect those features on the USB port. While it's certainly theoretically possible that someone could craft some kind of elaborate interface to read data from an IEEE-1284 port, spool it up, transform it to something usable by the printer, and then provide a USB host connection to the printer, it's an awful lot of work. That would make such an adapter rather expensive, and thus almost certainly commercially non-viable. > I have an old PC that is running Windows 98 SE, and I need to replace the > printer. It's not on the network, else I could print to the new printer via > IP. Plus, management doesn't want it on the network. So buy a printer that includes a Centronics parallel port on it and use that. They do still exist. The Lexmark E360, for example. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > Printer has already been purchased. Whoever bought the printer should have checked to make sure it was going to work before it was bought. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
