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Thanks to few minutes of online research and this wonderful Iogear GUC1284B USB to Parallel Adapter, I'm ecstatic. Though the Iogear comes with a drive disc, it's not needed for Windows 2000 & XP.just "plug & play."Few solution products have done precisely what they're intended to do without hassle, if they work at all; but this wonderful adapter is perfect.for less than 20 bucks. As mentioned in other reviews, it worked right out of the box. After agonizing with the joys of the blister package, I plugged the parallel end of the cable to my printer and USB end to my computer -- selected a printer driver in Windows and.amazingly.printed a test page faster than I'm used to with my HP. Highly recommended. I just purchased that doesn't have parallel ports (none of the new ones do) and was concerned I'd have to scrap my 10-year-old HP LaserJet workhorse (they go on forever). Even the savvy PC mavens who built my computer said I'd have to scrap it.
It doesn't get easier than that. Printed a test page and it came out perfectly. I took this straight from the package, plugged the cable into my 15 year old HP LaserJet 4L, plugged the other end into my computer's USB port and.nothing. I thought it wasn't working, so I went to Printers and Faxes (I'm using XP Pro S3) to install the printer, and there it was.
Good value. XP Pro operating system required no drivers. As advertised. Worked right out of the box with no glitches of any kind.
Printer works fine and setup was easy. Worked fine for printer but no bi-directional support. Will not work for scanner or multifunction.
Excellent product and keeps my 15 year old HP LaserJet functioning with USB connection and Vista.
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