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The USB to DB25 Adapter provides you with an external DB25 (Db-25 female) Plug-n-Play connection for use with computers, notebooks, and hand held computing devices that support USB. This cable adapter has a standard type A USB plug.

• Connects USB port to DB25 port 
• Truly Bi-directional communication between PC and printer 
• Instantly adds a DB25 female port to your USB equipped PC or laptop 
• Fully Plug and Play compatible 
• Support over 1Mbps data transfer rate
• USB A connector to DB25 
• USB specification revision 1.1 and 2.0 compliant 
• USB bus powered 
• Low power consumption

Requirements :

• IBM Compatible PC 
• Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista

Retail Package Content :

• USB to DB25F cable
• Driver CD

Support:

Instructions for Installing the USB to Parallel Adapter 

Windows XP/VISTA (do not install the CD)

1)       Plug the cable into the USB port on your computer.

2)       A prompt that says "Found New Hardware" will appear.  Windows will then install the USB printing support driver.  You do not need to install the driver from the CD.

3)       Plug the cable into the printer.

4)       If your printer is already installed, click on Start, then Printers & Faxes.  Right click on the printer you are connecting to and click on Properties.  Click on the Ports tab and check the ‘Virtual printer port for USB’ port.  Click OK.

5)       You should now be able to print. 

Windows 2000/ME (do not install the CD)

1)       Follow steps 1 to 3 under Windows XP

2)       If your printer is already installed, click on Start, Settings, then Printers.  Right click on the printer you are connecting to and click on Properties.  Click on the Ports tab check the ‘Virtual printer port for USB’ port.  Click OK.

3)       You should now be able to print. 

Windows 98SE 

1)       Plug the cable into the USB port on your computer.

2)       The "Add New Hardware Wizard" will appear.  Click Next.

3)       Insert the CD into the CD drive on your computer.

4)       Click "Search for the best driver for your device" and check the "Search removable media" box.

5)       Windows will find the driver.  Click Next.

6)       When Windows has finished installing the driver, click Finish.

7)       Plug the cable into the printer.

8)       If your printer is already installed, click on Start, Settings, then Printers.  Right click on the printer you are connecting to and click on Properties.  Click on the Ports tab check the ‘Virtual printer port for USB’ port.  Click OK.

9)       You should now be able to print. 

Note:  Make sure you have installed the necessary software/drivers for you printer.  If you haven’t installed the printer yet, click on Start, Settings, then Printers on 98SE, 2000, and ME or Start, Printers and Faxes on XP.  Click Add printer.  The Add Printer Wizard will assist you in installing the printer.  When prompted which port the printer will use, select ‘Virtual printer port for USB’. 

You can check to see if the cable is working by going into the device manager (right click on My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager).  Under ‘Universal Serial Bus Controllers’, you should see ‘USB printing support’ in Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and ME.  In Windows 98SE, you will see ‘USB-Parallel bridge support’.  If you do not see this, try uninstalling and reinstalling the driver.