USB to Parallel Port?

[Archi3]

I just recently purchased a HP laserjet 1012 for a client, and did not pay
attention to the fact that the printer comes with USB connectivity
only...that would be fine, but the client uses NT4, and NT4 does not support
USB..so I was wondering if anyone knows of an adapter which plugs a usb
cable into a parallel port slot adapter? or of any other options or
solutions? I appreciate your help.

Archi3
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[Will Dormann]

I just recently purchased a HP laserjet 1012 for a client, and did not pay
attention to the fact that the printer comes with USB connectivity
only...that would be fine, but the client uses NT4, and NT4 does not support
USB..so I was wondering if anyone knows of an adapter which plugs a usb
cable into a parallel port slot adapter? or of any other options or
solutions? I appreciate your help.

There are adapters that will allow you to connect a parallel port
printer into a USB port, but not vice-versa.


-WD

 

[Hecate]

There are adapters that will allow you to connect a parallel port
printer into a USB port, but not vice-versa.

and there is a costly mistake for not doing ones homework.

 

[Alan]

I just recently purchased a HP laserjet 1012 for a client, and did not pay
attention to the fact that the printer comes with USB connectivity
only...that would be fine, but the client uses NT4, and NT4 does not support
USB..so I was wondering if anyone knows of an adapter which plugs a usb
cable into a parallel port slot adapter? or of any other options or
solutions? I appreciate your help.

There are USB-Ethernet print servers, (I assume the client is
networked, anyway an ethernet card is dirt cheap if not already).

Otherwise (probably cheaper) you can get USB for NT4
<http://www.bsquare.com/products/usbwin40/faq.asp>. There may be
cheaper ways to do this, that was the first I came on.