[ale] USB to parallel port for a printer

[mike at trausch.us (Michael Trausch)]

Never had luck with them. They frequently don't work b/c they gobble
characters out of the print job.

And the problems haven't been Linux-specific, either.

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On Jun 15, 2011 8:57 AM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I recent;y got a new desktop box, (happen twice every decade), and it
> naturally has no parallel port, and my old HP DeskJet812c can't
> connect
> directly.
>
> So I bought a cheap USB-to-parallel cable.
>
> But it does not seem to be successful - the test page print job does
> not progress.
>
> So my question is - has anyone used the cheap USB:Parallel cables
> successfully before? Or will I need to buy the $40 one? Or worse
> yet,
> need to buy a new printer?
>
> thanks,
>
>
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