Customer Reviews
You get what you pay for... 
2008-06-22
I recently replaced an aging PC with a new one having no parallel port, so this USB-to-Parallel cable seemed like the ideal solution to keep my similarly ancient HP Laserjet running (those old HP printers just keep going and going).
The Sabrent cable was the cheapest one available from Amazon, and I soon found out why.
After some trial and error (and a trip to the Sabrent website for instructions not included with the product), I got it working under Vista ... for about a day. After turning off or suspending either the PC or the printer, Vista kept continually "reacquiring" the USB connection but failed to complete any spooled print job, often locking up the printer in the process. By removing and reinstalling the printer via the Windows Control Panel, I was able to get it working again in maybe 1 out of 3 attempts - not worth the effort.
I finally gave up and ordered another slightly more expensive alternative from Amazon (Cables to Go) which actually came with grammatically correct English instructions and worked flawlessly out of the box.
This may be an issue with Vista (reviewers here with Windows XP seem more likely to get the Sabrent cable working), but my advice is to spend a bit more and avoid the frustration.
Sabrent USP to Parallel printer cable 
2008-06-21
First unit did not work, second did. Provides USB to printer interface as advertized, however not the best quality and setup can be a little clugey. Sabrent support is the worst ever! 5 notes to them, only two responses and both answered a different question than asked! Would not respond to a request for warrantee service on the failed unit.
I will never purchase another product from Sabrent.
Works Great on Some but Not All 
2008-06-20
I bought this cable with the hope that it would work with my Zebra Label printer. The product says that is works with all Parallel printers, well it doesn't. The only reason it didn't get a 1 star was because it does work with my HP Laserjet printer and it at least detected the Zebra label printer.. it just wouldn't print to it.
I tried different USB ports, trying printing directly to the printer, switched to non-bidirectional support. Nothing seemed to work.
Fabulous 
2008-06-08
This cable was exactly what I needed to connect my new Dell computer to my old HP Laser Jet printer. All I had to do was plug it in and click print!
Worked perfectly, easy setup 2008-06-02
I bought this cable to print on my Canon 850i printer from my new Dell laptop with Windows XP. I plugged the cable into the printer, plugged the USB connector into the laptop, turned on the printer and Windows immediately recognized the printer. After installing the drivers from the printer CD I was printing within minutes. Couldn't have been easier. This is an excellent solution if you have a perfectly good printer that you can't connect via a parallel cable.
Only negative comment is the printer is 5', not 6' as advertised on Amazon. I think that is Amazon's misrepresentation, not the manufacturer's; the product packaging itself does not claim that the cable is 6'.
Did not work with HP 5P printer and Vista 2008-07-20
Vista recognized the printer, but would not print. Most reviews ( I read after buying this cable) say that HP printers won't work with this type cable. I recommend installing a parallel printer card instead of trying this cable.
Don't gamble on this 2008-07-18
Who knows why the people at Sabrent would create a so-called "adapter" cable that works with such a limited number of printers -- but they did.
My experience supports the advice of earlier reviewers who bought this cable, found it useless, then had to turn around and buy a Belkin adapter to get the job done. In this instance, the Sabrent failed to connect a Dell Latitude laptop to a 1200 Series Samsung laser printer. But the Belkin F5U002V1 from Amazon did the trick.
Turns out that if you surf the Web long enough you can find the limited list of printers this Sabrent is made to serve. It should not be this difficult! Ya live and learn.
Salavaged its cost when I bought a new printer 2008-07-10
Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable did not work with Windows Vista on two serial printers: HP LaserJet III and Epson Stylus Photo 820. It does work with Vista and a brand new Brothers HL5250DN. This monchrome laserjet has a serial port connection, so I used the Sabrent SBT-UPPC USB to Parallel 6-Foot Printer Cable to connect it to the CPU. This saved me the cost of buying another USB cable. In hindsight I should have simply bought a new printer, the day I bought my new computer.
Worked for a day. 2008-06-29
I purchased this to hook up my old HP 5MP to my iMac G4. That didn't work at all, despite loading the drivers for the cable and for the printer. Then I plugged the cable into my Intel iMac, and it worked! A miracle! A short-lived miracle. It no longer prints. I've tried everything, it's hopeless. The iMac knows that something is plugged in, it just doesn't know what it is anymore.
Additionally, this cable is barely 5 feet long, nowhere near the 6 feet advertised.
Smegma UNHAPPY with NO function 2008-06-24
It did not work -- RETURNED.
I gave it 3 stars because it was solidly built and GREAT price ...
