Mini Centronics To Usb Printer Cable

Adapting Old Printer Cable To New PC: Old=Parallel, New=USB in ...

I thought I had it nailed when I ordered a "USB to Printer" cable. But what arrived had a rather large ("Centronics"?) connector as shown in http://tinyurl.com/4gxz923 The old cables interface to the printer, OTOH, looks like this: http://tinyurl.com/4mn57z5 From what I can read, they are both male and the adapter I need is "Centronics Female To Mini-Centronics Male". I *think* both of these are the one: http://sewelldirect.com/centronicstomini.asp and http://tinyurl.com/4ejqfqc, but before I blow another twenty bucks, I'd like to hear somebody who knows say "Yes, that is the one." -- PeteCresswell Paul mentioned 36 pin Centronics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1284 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/IEEE_1284_36pin_plughead.jpg/772px-IEEE_1284_36pin_plughead.jpg MDR36 http://pinouts.ru/ParallelPorts/ieee1284c_pinout.shtml 25 pin D-shell (host) adapter to Mini-Centronics. http://www.cheaphpprinters.com/images/cheaphpprinters//products/hp/mini-centronics.jpg Looks reasonable. You could also consider getting a USB to 25 pin D-shell connector type printer cable, and then use the cabling you already own ? Presumably previously you were using a 25 pin D-shell to Mini-Centronics for the cabling ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812196222 Paul Paul in Houston TX chimed in with older HP printers used mini centronics. I bought a mini centronics to db25 for mine. It worked great with the old computer that had a parallel port. The new comp did not have one so I tried a usb adaptor then found out that my all-in-one office HP machine will not work with USB because they require 2 way com. Ended up buying a pci parallel card for the comp for $12. It works. Tim Meddick chimed in with it is at all not certain that, having got the ["correct"] cable, there is *no* guarantee that it will work anyway!! Just because you *can* get hold of the "right" cable that physically connects both the old "printer" port and the new USB port, does not mean they are going to automatically be compatible. to work with intermediate software - drivers or modified drivers created by either the original printer manufacturer or by the manufacturer of the cables themselves. If I were you I would look more closely into whether it is actually possible to do what you think can be achieved by joining your PC to your printer using a composite cable.

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