Can convert USB port to Parallel?

[upul]

Is it possible to use existing USB port as a std. ECP+EPP port to connect a printer using a cable?🙁

 

[Daovonnaex]

<< Is it possible to use existing USB port as a std. ECP+EPP port to connect a printer using a cable?🙁 >>

Yes--you need an adapter. No, I don't know where to buy it. Do you not have a parallel port?

 

[eplebnista]

Here is a link to a possible solution.

hth,
eplebnista

 

[upul]

My parallel port got damaged while trying to attach an IOMEGA ZIP100 ext. drv

 

[eplebnista]

Actually it would be cheaper, if you have an available PCI slot, to use a PCI Card Parallel Port($19+S&H).

hth,
eplebnista

 

[AthlonMan]

Go buy a USB hub. Some USB hubs have printer and serial ports on them.

 

[ShaggyDogg]

You can get the parallel to Usb adapter from Belkin on eBay for much cheaper. I bought one for $12 brand new w/o the drivers (which you candownload for free from Belkin). My Printer is now much faster and there is virtually no hit on my processor. With the parallel set up my computer was nearly frozen and unusable when I was printing. Click Here for some info on the Belkin cable.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I'm using an Inland USB-to-Parallel adapter with my laser printer. Works with all of the latest Windows OSes and Linux. I paid $15 at Micro Center.

-SUO

 

[Daemon_UK]

Im holding a belkin USB-to-Parallel adapter in my hand, just about to install it...

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wow, the performance is much better than normal parrallel!! 🙂

 

[dullard]

<< My Printer is now much faster and there is virtually no hit on my processor. >>



<< wow, the performance is much better than normal parrallel! >>



Are you two comparing the speeds to parallel or to ECP parallel, USB 1.1 or USB 2.0? I want to be clear since so many people mistakenly claim that USB 1.1 is faster than ECP parallel. However the following table shows otherwise.

Connection type Transfer rate (Megabytes/second)
Serial port: .115
Standard parallel port: .115
USB 1.0/1.1 low speed: 0.1875
USB 1.1 full speed: 1.5
ECP parallel port : 3.0
IEEE1394 (Firewire): 50.0
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed: 60.0

Yes USB 2.0 is faster than any parallel port. However, I guarantee that no normal printer can go faster than the ECP parallel port.