My guess is "yes"... I would first try to let Windows auto-detect the printer hooked up in this manner, and, if it is detected, use the default settings Windows will provide. If not, Windows allows you to create a port, and using this procedure might allow you to connect an undetected printer by creating a "pseudo-parallel port" on a USB connection. If so, you might have to always be certain to plug the USB cable into the same physical port on the computer. As indicated with my apparently glib response, this is just a guess...

HTH.

Paul A. Shippert

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Subject: [PCBUILD] parallel port usb cable

I know using a parallel port to usb cable on a printer to a computer is not always the most reliable ; however,
in researching how to install, some say you install the printer as a lpt and some say USB.  Which is correct?
  		 	   		  
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