Keyspan aims to solve the problem with its USB Parallel Transfer Cable, which connects between a parallel port of an older PC and a USB port of a newer unit. The device includes file transfer ...

Is this possible? I have a laser printer, but it has only has usb output to the computer. However, i have a router that has a parallel print server port on it. Is there a cable or adapter that ...

USB A-to-B cable The most common type of printer made in the last decade is the USB printer. It uses a USB port on your PC and on the printer to connect. However, both USB ports are not the same.

What I can provide is this new Keyspan USB-to-Parallel cable, the sort of peripheral that, despite being handy, gets increasingly geekier by the minute.

The core of this build is the rt-stepper dongle based around the PIC18F2455 microcontroller. With a bare minimum of parts, this chip converts USB into a parallel port for real-time control.