Connecting a USB printer to an old laptop via the serial port

T

Tom

Is it possible to connect a USB printer to a computer's serial port
using a USB/serial adapter?
 
G

Gary Tait

Whereas On 17 Oct 2003 12:28:41 -0700, (e-mail address removed) (Tom)
scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
Is it possible to connect a USB printer to a computer's serial port
using a USB/serial adapter?

No. USB is too complex to replicate from the legacy ports.
You might be able to get a USB PC-card adaptor, if you have Win98.
 

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