Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This one says it does it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Parallel-to-USB-Adapter-Connect-USB-printer-to-a-LPT-port/182857831619?hash=item2a932d14c3:g:hEsAAOSw0exZ8ktM There seem to be lots of them for old printers to modern computers, I'm not sure if the drivers will work, but it may. I ran into a similar problem in trying to get a modern ink jet to run on my Mom in law's machine, I ended up getting her another computer as I couldn't get them to run. Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:34 PM Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Here's the story: my mom has a "legacy" computer that she likes to use and > her old Laserjet printer has met its end. She has a newer printer > (connected to newer computer) that she'd like to use with the old > computer. The old computer (running WINDOWS 95) has no USB port, is an > adapter available and reliable that will allow her to make this connection? > > She's 90 years old and doesn't want to give up her Lotus 1-2-3 or > WordPerfect. Just text, no fonts or graphics. Any help will be > appreciated, off-list please to wildlightphoto (at) earthlink (dot) net > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information