USB to Printer port adapters

[Evander]

My old laptop died and the new system I have now has no printer port, today I discovered the existence of the printer port / usb adapters. The one I'm looking at is here:
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I had assumed now drivers would be required, but looking at the package and description I'm not so sure. I wanna use this on Vista- will it work w/o drivers?

 

[bruceb]

You may need drivers. And that particular one says it is only for older OS, not Vista
I am presuming that is because it likely has a driver cd with it.

I would get this one from IOGEAR a well respected company

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...tails.asp?EdpNo=2974624&Tab=0&NoMapp=0

The manual says it will work with 98SE and later OS so it probably works with Vista

 

[Evander]

Thanks for the reply, I saw the description about the drivers, but was wondering if people who have experience with these things find whether they usually need drivers or not. I was hoping to get an el cheapo cable, like 5 - 15$, since printers get be had for free after rebate these days sometimes. I have 2 printers already, but like to use the old one b/c ink can be found extremely cheap for it on ebay, and since it's an HP and I can take them to Staples when the cartridge is finished and get $3 coupons (and I typically can get them in the $5 to $8 range)

 

[Puffnstuff]

If you're still using an old parallel printer it might be a good time to break down and buy a new one. Vista has limited support for older printers.

 

[Evander]

I do have I new one, I want to continue using the the old printer as a workhorse printer b/c ink is so cheap. It's an HP 693C, according to the homepage the driver is included with vista:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu...08543&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59869