Dekcell USB to DB25 (Female) Parallel Printer Cable Adapter Review

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(More customer reviews)The cable for my HP Laserjet 4Plus printer ends with a 25 pin male DB25 plug, which is not accepted by modern notebooks like my HP Pavilion dv6500. I decided therefore to order a Dekcell Cable (DC), plug my printer cable into the female DB25 end of the DC, and then plug the USB end of the DC into the notebook. The cable comes in a box labeled WanTeng, and the writing on the box advertises "Includes driver for today's most popular operating systems".
Unfortunately, the box is dated 2003, and examples of "modern operating systems" pictured on the box are Windows98 and Windows2000. This worried me at first, since the operating systems on my two computers are Windows Vista and Windows XP. However, it turned out that there was no need for a driver. Ignoring the CD enclosed in the box, I simply plugged in the DC, chose a USB port for the printer, and the printer worked (both with Vista and XP). There are cables like this for over $30 which are a little longer, but 3 feet was plenty for me, so I've been quite happy with this cable (and the price under $7).

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CPA-1030 USB to RS232 Serial (DB9 and DB25, Male) Port Converter Cable New USB to RS232 DB9 Serial Cable + DB25 Pin Adapter / Port Adapter Converter for Magellan Garmin GPS, PDA, PC, Modem Review

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(More customer reviews)Even though the cost is only $9.95, it's not even worth that. There are no installation instructions with the hardware, nor is there even a brand name to go look up information. Though the packaging saids that it's Microsoft compatible, the software is not microsoft test verified. In my case it would work okay for a (very) little while, then my computer to would cease to recognize it, and I'd have to remove the software and hardware (in the device manager), restart the computer and reinstall everything from the beginning. Worse yet, after discovering that the product was made by a company called Huge Pine, their site offers no assistance whatsoever (or even mentions that they have this product).
Spend a little more money and save yourself the aggrivation.

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