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ole



Joined: 11 Dec 2005
Posts: 208
PostPosted: 03/24/07 - 05:49    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm trying to connect an old printer to my LAN to share, but there's a compatibility issue… the laptop that I need to run it form has an USB port, but the printer has only serial and parallel ones. I'm thinking I need some sort of switch device that has a USB on one end and a serial/parallel on the other… I suppose there most be something like that around, I just don't know where to find it or even how it's called?
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braden



Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 196
PostPosted: 05/01/07 - 02:16    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, if I understand you correctly, you just need a parallel-to-USB cable, nothing more, or possibly an adapter. However, I don't know why you're so fixed on connecting the printer to your laptop? Why not just get a print server and connect it wirelessly to the rest of the LAN?
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