I am considering purchasing an iMac. I have an old HP Laser jet printer which connects to PC with a parallel connector. This machine is still going strong after 14 years and I love it. What are the connectors that will allow me to continue using this printer with a new iMac. How do I conect from iMac to a parallel port??
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You want a parallel to USB port cable. You can get them cheap all over online. Here is an example of a bunch from tiger direct. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=471
You may have to do some digging to see if it will work with OSX even if it is plugged in - 14 years
is a tough call. I suggest searching around on your exact model and "compatible with iMac?" before spending the money. If it doesn't work get yourself a decent enough Cannon printer/all in one for only $50 ( $100 rebate came in about 6 days) when you buy your new iMac!Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5H11 Safari/525.20)
Does the printer offer apply to refurbished models?
itommyboy said:
You want a parallel to USB port cable. You can get them cheap all over online. Here is an example of a bunch from tiger direct. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=471
You may have to do some digging to see if it will work with OSX even if it is plugged in - 14 years
Does the printer offer apply to refurbished models?
Thanks for the info. Well I do have a good HP printer, fax, copier, etc that runs on my wireless network but the older one is just B+W laser and is still fast and gives good copy for the "casual" things I want to print. So the information is very helpful.