USB-1470-06 6-Feet USB Parallel Printer Cable

hook a printer to computer

This cable works as it should. Installation instructions provided in other user reviews were more valuable than those provided on the included CD. I attached to a laptop running Windows Vista. First hooked up the cable alone without the printer. Vista found a suitable driver. Then hooked up the printer. Vista again found the correct driver and everything ran fine! I think that this was the easiest hardward installation I've ever done.

For a printer long past its due date. Not used any more. Does anyone use these anymore? Had it hooked between a HP Laserjet and the pc and it worked fine. The printer died, got a Brother, it died, now have a Canon and it doesn't use this type of cable. Not a bad product. Good if the price is right.

Worked great for a couple of days, then my Windows Vista PC and my networked Mac OX X laptop could no longer see my HP LaserJet 4L printer. When you'd replug it, it would make that "found hardware" noise and then immediately make the "disconnect" noise. Pretty cheap-feeling cable, which is to be expected for the price. I ended up returning it and buying the Tripp Lite one available on Amazon, which was more expensive but actually works (so far).

Worked as described

The cable I received was not made by "Cables Unlimited" and its size was closer to 4 feet rather than 6 feet as stated in the product information. The cable did not work properly with Windows Vista. Vista recognized and installed the device as well as my HP 4L printer. At that point I was able to print but once the computer was shut down Vista would not restart until the device was removed from the USB port. However, as I stated previously, it was not the cable produced by "Cables Unlimited" and I don't know how that product would have performed.

I bought this product in Feb 2007 to use with HP-4P laser printer. Not exactly plug and play; I still had to load the driver. I also noticed on a few occasions, when a print job is submitted a single lead sheet is printed before the entire print job was printed. Otherwise, a very nice product. It saved me from buying another printer. I reccommend this product.

The information on the CD shipped with the cable is important. You must change the printer port to USB fm LPT with WinXP. Not sure about other OS's but it has drivers fm Win95 and up. I used it with an HP Deskjet 350, which is not on the printer list. No problems at all.