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I have an old HP5L Laserjet printer. Didn't want to buy a new printer in addition to the expensive computer. Vista loaded my driver. Plugged into usb port and followed other peoples directions and chose USB Virtual port. Received this cable in an envelope with nothing else except a packing slip. Did anybody get this cable to work on Vista with a HP5L printer. Since the 5L is an old printer, the person at HP told me it would never work with Vista. Found support at Brilliant Store website, but person only told me to call HP for printer support.
Wouldn't even find the correct driver. The light that blinks on the printer that says it is getting information blinks non-stop, but never gets print info. It did fit my printer cord. Also tried to use this with my Logitech scanner, did not work either. The problem is that nothing will print. This happened the minuite I hooked up the cable. It won't pay to send this back, so guess I am out of luck. If so, please advise me.
Windows kept saying that the device was not compatible with the Windows operating system on my computer. Unfortunately I could not get this to work, even though I tried all the suggestions from other reviewers. I have Windows XP Home Edition and a HP Laserjet 1200 series printer. I realized too late that I should have bought a product with the Windows compatibility indication printed on the package. This cable had no package nor written information with it so I was unable to figure out what it would work with.
I sent the bad review to the wrong party: I indicated only 2 of ten CD's were received but that concerns a different business, MY APOLIGIES.
Prices surpassed $100 here and there.Then I saw this Amazon incredibly cheap cable for $7 or so and was so sure I was going to just get what I paid for that I set up a temporary solution for my home problem involving an old computer and a hub.Anyway -- the cable came, I connected it to the DB-25 end of the Centronix cable coming out of my printer, and plugged the USB end into a USB port, then hoisted my not-so-young-any-more-self up from under the desk, just in time to see the automatic configuration process and the new printer ready to print. So I have this old, trusty HP LaserJet 2100 on my 5-computer home network that refuses to die, yet prints reliably and cheaply, and has seen many computers come and go during its long life. NO loading of the included driver mini-CD, no doing anything. The latest computer I just bought to replace the Printer's "home" computer had no parallel port and so I did some research on what to do. I found all kinds of converter cables, I even found outfits that were going to send me a cable with some converter black box incorporated. First time in 30+ years of computers anything was that easy.My OS is VISTA Home Premium 64-bit. While I had no choice about the OS and am a card-carrying XP luddite, maybe I should give Vista another chance, since in this particular instance with this cable, it worked the way I wish all computers worked.
You don't need the driver CD to make this product work with your Windows XP. Then right click on the default printer and go to properties. All you have to do is:1) leave the printer disconnected with only the adapter cable plugged in2) I let Windows find the adapter and load the drivers3) Plug in the printer to the adapter, then installed the printer manually telling it to use USB001 (Virtual Printer port for USB). You can do this by going to Control Pannel >> Printers. Select the Ports tab, scroll down in the window to find USB001 (Virtual Printer port for USB) and check mark the box. Then hit apply.4) Enjoy printing & remember not to waste any paper.
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