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Question: How long is the cable?
Document: Have not used my HP Laser Jet iiip in a long time mainly because there are no parallel ports on my newer computers. All usb. This adapter did the job.
NOT SURE if it works or not. Looks fine. It may be my device or software. It is an old piece of equipment so the cable is probably just fine.
I use this cable to hook up to an old macbook. No software needed to work with a mac but it comes with windows installation disc. No where on the box does it mention compatibility with macs.
I have an HP Laserjet 4 with a parallel out and a new HP desktop with a USB print port. Once I connected the cable, I had to change the port on the printer properties to be USB rather than LPT1 or whatever, then it worked great.
This cable performs as advertised, easily permitting my aging HP 4000 LaserJet, with only a parallel port, to connect to my new Dell laptop. The only caveat is that this cable will not function through a USB hub, it must be connected directly to a USB port on the computer.
Allows me to continue to use an old printer that cost a pretty penny back in the day. All plug and play but i still have to unplug and plug back in once or twice for windows vista to recognize the printer. I don't think this is a flaw in the cable, rather it's a flaw with the operating system.
After buying a Belkin cable that would work &#34;sometimes&#34; and then get 'stuck', I bought this on another comment on the internet that this cable works with Mac OSX. That other comment was WRONG!!!! When i received it I connected the printer, and the first two pages printed flawlessly ... and I was pleased.
You might consider doing that, too, if your nearest computer is more than six feet away from the IOGEAR cable. Now, with this cable directly connecting a USB port of my PowerMac G4 to the parallel port of my shared LaserWriter Select 360 printer, I can indirectly reach the Select 360 to print documents that are created on my iMac G5, or on any other Mac on my network.
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! Printed a test page and it came out perfectly. It doesn't get easier than that!
I'm so excited! This cable is allowing me to continue to use my awesome old HP 2100M with my new MacPro running OS X 10.6.7. This was such an easy and inexpensive fix at just a little over $20. It was literally plug and print. I'd tried other fancy fixes suggested online like changing the printer's IP address to zero success. Hooray!
Answer: It should be 6ft