Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable
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Customer Review: Let Vista find the cable first, then connect the printer
Summary: 3 Stars
When I got the adapter, I connected my Samsung ML1750 printer to my Vista pc using the adapter. Vista found the printer and installed the driver. It worked for a short while and then stopped. Print jobs accumulated in the spooler, but wouldn't print.
After several attempts at resolving the problem, I gave up. Documentation is extremely poor. Days later on a whim, I decided to remove the printer, then connected the adapter by itself to my pc. Vista found it and installed a driver. Then I connected the other end of the cable to the printer and Vista found the printer and installed the driver for the printer. Now it works great! Vista never used the drivers on the mini CD that came with the adapter.
Customer Review: HP 697C & Windows Version 7 working
Summary: 5 Stars
Purchased this item to connect to an HP 697C printer from
a new PC that did not have any parallel ports. After reading
the reviews, was very concerned with such products working with
Windows Version 7, decided on the Sabrent. After plugging in
the cable, the software was automatically installed and identified
the 697C as a 690. Did not have to use the CD included at all.
Tried to do a test page, did not work well. Went in the printer
wizard, changed to the HP 697C, rebooted, and all works very well.
I'm very happy with the performance, quality, and overall price.
Highly recommended considering it was way to easy to get it running
with Windows Version 7.
Customer Review: It works
Summary: 4 Stars
From looking at other reviews, it seems that this device does not work with all printers, but it works with my Brother HL-1040 (from 1998) which requires two way communications over the parallel port. I am using this with a laptop but if I was using a desktop PC, I would rather add a parallel port.
There is a problem where if I plug the printer into a different USB port, Windows 7 will not 'find' the printer and will add a 'new' printer via plug 'n play, so always use the same USB port. Also, I should mention that I am using a USB hub. I have another printer with a USB interface and I don't have this problem when unplugging it and plugging it into another USB port.
Customer Review: Incorrect Lable
Summary: 3 Stars
I received the cable, and I installed it and it is working fine (at least, I haven't run into any problems with it yet). It came with a mini-DVD with the drivers on it, but my Win7 system found and installed the necessary drivers automatically. The only issue I had was that the package was labled as "USB 2.0 to Serial (9-pin) DB9 RS-232 1-FT Adapter Cable". Of course, the cable that I needed, received, and installed was not that cable. I picture a guy in a garage that grabbed the cable out of a bin, grabbed the packaging lable out of another bin, slapped them in a standard package and shipped to me. But the bottom line is that I got what I wanted in a very timely fashion, so I am happy.Customer Review: Worked perfectly, easy setup
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this cable to print on my Canon 850i printer from my new Dell laptop with Windows XP. I plugged the cable into the printer, plugged the USB connector into the laptop, turned on the printer and Windows immediately recognized the printer. After installing the drivers from the printer CD I was printing within minutes. Couldn't have been easier. This is an excellent solution if you have a perfectly good printer that you can't connect via a parallel cable.
Only negative comment is the printer is 5', not 6' as advertised on Amazon. I think that is Amazon's misrepresentation, not the manufacturer's; the product packaging itself does not claim that the cable is 6'.