There are known issues with the USB to Parallel port adapters. Many times not all the control signals are carried through (both ways) as you nedd complete bi-directional operation with HP's. I can't give you a brand that MIGHT work, but all that I've tried did not work with HP's.
On Desktop's a PCI paralell port card will work, but there is no comparable hardware item, that I know of, for laptops.
Ultimately, you are probably looking at replacing the unit with a new model that works with USB.
I agree with fireberd. These usb>parallel adapters are oftentimes not very reliable. If your computer has a PCMCIA slot, you may want to look at something like
this, or if it has an Express Card slot - something like
this.
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fireberd
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There are known issues with the USB to Parallel port adapters. Many times not all the control signals are carried through (both ways) as you nedd complete bi-directional operation with HP's. I can't give you a brand that MIGHT work, but all that I've tried did not work with HP's.
On Desktop's a PCI paralell port card will work, but there is no comparable hardware item, that I know of, for laptops.
Ultimately, you are probably looking at replacing the unit with a new model that works with USB.
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davery44
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Thanks for the suggestions ... the solution was to get a docking station that had the DB25 parallel connection.