StarTech.com 6 feet USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter Cable - M/F (ICUSB1284D25)

by StarTech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.1 x 1.5 inches ; 4.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000ZLRGKG
• Item model number: ICUSB1284D25
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 21, 2007

Product Description

The ICUSB1284D25 6 ft USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter Cable turns an available USB port on a host PC into a DB25 Female Parallel port - allowing you to connect a DB25 printer to the computer as if the necessary parallel port was built-on. A cost-effective and reliable solution, the USB to DB25 adapter saves the expense of replacing a parallel printer for the sake of USB capability. Backed by a StarTech.com 1-year warranty and free lifetime technical support .

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Work Fine with HP Laserjet, August 25, 2011

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P. Kwan "PSK" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: StarTech.com 6 feet USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter Cable - M/F (ICUSB1284D25) (Personal Computers)

This cable works as advertised if you install it in the correct order. You have to plug the cable into the USB port without the printer attached first. This allows Windows 7 to detect the cable and assign the drivers properly. Once the cable is fully recognized, then you can plug in the printer.

I rebooted my PC just to be on the safe side before plugging in the HP Laserjet printer I had. Once you plug in the printer, you have to assign it to the USB Printer port on the list as that is the new driver from the cable setup. Don't select the Parallel Port and you should be fine. If you need to load the Laserjet's printer driver separately, you can do that, but just select the USB Printer as the local port.

Once that is done, it works great and allows you to keep that older parallel printer around with the newer laptops and desktops. My setup was running an HP laptop with Windows 7 64Bit operating system.

If the setup was truly plug and play, I would have given it 5 stars. But it wasn't too tough to figure out as many of the other reviewers experienced something similar.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WORKS with Windows7!, April 17, 2010

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tHEgEEK (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: StarTech.com 6 feet USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter Cable - M/F (ICUSB1284D25) (Personal Computers)

After searching for days to find a USB to parallel option that works with Windows 7, I finally found this one. My First choice was a PCIe card with a parallel output that works with W7, but that was a dead end, so I figured how hard can it be to find an adapter like this one that WILL work with W7. It was a long time in coming, but THIS ONE ACTUALLY WORKS. Thank you StarTech.

1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work on windows 7 64 bit, January 10, 2012

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M. Roberts (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: StarTech.com 6 feet USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter Cable - M/F (ICUSB1284D25) (Personal Computers)

Windows 7 64 bit will fail to find the driver automatically. The drivers package on the support site won't install on windows 7 (looks like it got updated last in 2004). So, no go on 64 bit windows 7. Likely works on vista/NT/2000/98 - drivers for these were on the install CD.