Parallel to USB Adapter - Any Advice?

[jbzeigler]

My dad bought my grandmother a new laptop for Christmas. She had a Windows 95 Desktop that was plagued. Anyway, she has an HP 840C printer that connected to her old PC via parallel cable. I found a parallel to USB cable on TigerDirect.com - is this what she needs? Her new laptop is running Vista so I'm not sure if it will even recognize a printer that is 9 or 10 years old or if the software would even run on it.

 

[wii-ste]

hi there,

Yes this is what you would need to connect the printer. It should look like this:
http://www.techfocus.co.uk/USB-Adapters-Dongles/TFA06.htm?gclid=CJKkqZG95pcCFQ4i3god4lDoDQ

As for recognising the printer, Vista does have drivers included for the HP Deskjet 840C.

 

[Tmagic650]

Parallel printers are way beyond obsolete. Even if you could find a parallel adapter, its cost would be close to that of a new USB printer

 

[jbzeigler]

Any website that would sell a cheap adapter for what I need? Thanks for the input.

 

[DelJo63]

just saw one at Best Buy.