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

by Sabrent

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007UVRVO
• Item model number: SBT-UPPC
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (224 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #35 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Computer Cable Adapters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 28, 2004

Product Description

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 . What's in the Box
USB-to-parallel cable.

Product Description

SABRENT SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel (Printer IEEE 1284) Cable - 6 feet BLACK This Printer Cable connects USB and IEEE-1284 parallel port on any peripherals. This is the best solution to converts USB signal to parallel port signals, which is also compatible with most printers' supported drivers. With bi-directional technique, this cable makes the communication completely either from USB port to parallel port or from parallel port to USB port. The model also makes the communication work both in PC and in Macintosh. This USB to parallel printer cable is typically used to connect a printer to a USB port on a PC. Connects a Desktop or Laptop Computer with On-Board USB to a Parallel Interface printer. This USB-to-Parallel Interface Converter Cable allows any standard parallel printer connect to 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. Specifications: Allows USB Only Computers to send Print Jobs to Parallel Printers Fully Compliant with USB 1.1 and IEEE 1284 Specifications Bi-directional Data Transfer over Parallel Port Allows High-speed Printing Up to 12 Mbps Data Transfer Rate 6 feet length Low Power Consumption, No Need for External Power Adapter Support both OHCI and UHCI spec. Compatible with Win95 (OSR2.1) and Win98 USB driver. Support most of major brand's printers. Plug-and-Play for a practically effortless installation. Requirements : Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista Mac OS 9.2 and above Retail Package Content : USB to parallel adapter cable : For installation instructions visit http://www.sabrent.com/products/specs/sbt-uppc.htm

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156 of 157 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars See below for printer models..., May 22, 2006

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SEB - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable (Personal Computers)

I used it to connect an old Canon BJ-200E printer to a new Dell desktop. Win XP did indeed recognize and install the printer as soon as I plugged it in - no additional drivers were necessary - but I still needed to run the "Add Printer" wizard to get it to appear on my printer list. Then I went into the printer properties and switched from the standard printer port to USB. That was it. **Note that the manufacturer specifies WIN 98SE/2000/XP and Mac OS v8.6-9.2.

From the manufacturer, here's the list of printer models supported:

HP Deskjet: 420,500C,520C,670C,692C,695C,710C,750,850C,870C,890C,895,1100C,1120C

HP Laserjet:
III P,4,4PLUS,4P,4L,4V,5P,5L,5M,6P,6L,2000c,2100M,4000,5000

Canon BJC:
30,50,70,80,200,200eX,210,210SP,230,240,250,255sp,4000,4100,4200sp,4300,4650,6000,7000

Epson Stylus:
Color 300,400,440,600,740,800,850; Photo 700,EX

Epson PM:
700C,750C,2000C

Epson EPL:
N1600

Lexmark:
XJ-350,1100

Panasonic:
KX-1121

76 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A marriage made in digital heaven. . ., October 15, 2005

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Joseph Ekaitis "author of Collinsfort Village" (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable (Personal Computers)

. . .even if the in-laws didn't want it to happen.

When I bought a new iMac to replace an old Dell, I joined a growing family of computer owners. Our laser and inkjet printers are too young to toss out but our new computers don't have a parallel port for a printer. Parallel and serial ports are disappearing, even on Intel/Windows machines.

The computer biz's solution: Come on, buy a snazzy new USB printer for that snazzy new computer! Apple doesn't even list my HP LaserJet 6L among compatible printers for the iMac. Could they be in cahoots? Hmmm . . .

The LaserJet still prints out a razor-sharp manuscript. With a little maintenance now and then, I can get more value out of it than I would for the price of a new printer. Off I went in search of a solution, but at all the usual brick-n-mortars, a simple USB-to-parallel cable was half a C-note!

Back here on Amazon.com, I found this Sabrent cable. Though most of the reviews extoll its virtues on Windows machines, I figured I could gamble the cost.

I hit the jackpot. With the price of shipping, the cable is less than half the lowest price I found. Even better, the iMac already had (or found on the Internet) a driver for the cable, and then hunted up a public domain driver for the LaserJet that works like a charm.

So, a 21st century computer has found the perfect mate in a printer from the late 1990s. And they lived happily ever after.

63 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars inaccurate product information, September 7, 2007

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E. Boylan (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable (Personal Computers)

I have an HP LaserJet 4L that still works just fine, but my laptop is too new and doesn't have a parallel port. I wasn't sure there would be any easy solution to this problem, so I did my homework before buying this cable and it was still wrong.

The product information's claim that this cable will work with all parallel printers is simply wrong. Although I gather from the other reviews that there are 4Ls this cable does work with, it certainly doesn't work with mine, whose plug is 25-pin-- not exactly an uncommon configuration, since it worked fine on a laptop only slightly older than my current one.

Worse, although the product information doesn't include pictures close enough to confirm that the female parallel end will work, Tiger Direct now won't accept the cable back because it isn't defective-- just wrong, and useless.

It's odd, too, that Tiger Direct would bother being so vague in the product information, because they do sell a cable that would be compatible with my [very common] printer, and to which they could presumably point customers with a similar setup without losing business. Now, though, I won't be purchasing the correct cable from them.