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December 29, 2005 9:02 AM Subscribe
So we just got a new printer at work. It has a standard USB printer cable. But I somehow need to connect it to our linksys print server which has the old-school 25 pin female printer cable receptacle -- you know, looks like this. Can this be done? And how? Thanks as always...
on further thought, you're going the opposite way from most. Most people want to use an old serial printer with a USB port, I think that's what the cable has in mind.
I don't think the port on the print server will be able to properly power a usb cable, assuming you can even find an adapter cable with the female USB end.
posted by tiamat at 9:15 AM on December 29, 2005
I don't think the port on the print server will be able to properly power a usb cable, assuming you can even find an adapter cable with the female USB end.
posted by tiamat at 9:15 AM on December 29, 2005
newer printers are USB only. to be honest, for the amount of money you'd spend getting a parallel-to-USB-type-A cable, you could get a newer print server.. (link goes to newegg search) are you wedded to the linksys device?
posted by mrg at 11:37 AM on December 29, 2005
posted by mrg at 11:37 AM on December 29, 2005
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posted by tiamat at 9:12 AM on December 29, 2005