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We have an old HP Laserjet 2100 which has the parallel cable. My laptop is running Windows Vista (64-bit). I printed a test page within 2-3 minutes of connecting the cable to both printer and laptop.
We considered going wireless but after looking at several devices, decided to try Sabrent USB to DB25 Female Parallel Converter Adapter Cable instead. When we added the printer to my laptop, we got stumped for a minute when we had to choose the port. Just bought a new laptop which doesn't have a parallel port to connect to.
As soon as I turned on the printer, the laptop started loading the driver. I read other reviews here prior to making purchase and was somewhat skeptical if it would work or not. Let me tell you this was the easiest thing to install.
Be sure to choose the virtual usb port. We would definitely recommend this product as an inexpensive printer solution.
After using this cable to connect an older Lexmark S2455 to a new Acer laptop running Vista Home, I did have to go through the steps of adding a local printer. I selected the correct printer driver, and presto. Works great.
Well it did for about 6 weeks and then mysteriously just stopped working. I recently bought a new iMac and my wife has a Dell laptop, neither of which has a parallel port. There is no way to troubleshoot it, no documentation, and the 2" installation CD does not work in the iMac.It also stopped working on the Dell laptop at the same time. Both machines can only print using USB, so my old HP 1100A sits just collecting dust while I've tried to find a solution.HP and Best Buy both said I was out of luck with no cable to connect USB to this type of printer and I should junk it. Most new laser jets don't work as well as my old one so I've been searching for a fix for 6 months now.I found this cable on Amazon and thought it would solve my problem. I would definitely recommend NOT wasting your money on this item. I'm going to try the following item instead - Cables To Go 16899 6 Feet Usb To Db25 Ieee Parallel Printer AdapterGood luck.
After reviewing a lot of research on the subject, I purchased this cable adapter hoping that it would be the solution for getting my old scanner running on my new computer (which didn't come with a parallel port). The scanner driver couldn't be altered to look for a USB port. I wouldn't recommend trying this adapter with a scanner.
Did everything I could think of to make it work. Just not designed for WindowsXP 64 bit
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