Just bought a dell!!!

[jonn220]

Iv just bought a dell and have an old printer that i wanted to use with it. my printer only has parralel connection and dell only has usb, for some strange reason. I had bought a pci parralel to usb pci card but it doesnt fit in the dell .. they really do live by there own rules.. Any ideas would be welcome

[Lee H]

USB to Parallel printer cable like the following should be fine ;

[codepope]

Iv just bought a dell and have an old printer that i wanted to use with it.

Buy a new printer with USB?

[excalibur2]

Buy a new printer with USB?

LOL You can get an epson stylus color 600 or 640 for peanuts and colour and B/W cartridges for less than £2 ea.
And it can produce good colour photos.
Gotta a HP deskjet 820c as well, and found a way of getting cheap cartriges for that.

It's just crazy buying a modern printer and paying £20-£40 for cartidges, unless you're a profesional.

[codepope]

LOL .... epson... hp....

Me, I'm a Canon chap for inkjets. Ok, they don't hit £2 a cartridge, but unlike others they really do use every last drop of ink.

And heck, if I'm printing, I don't want acceptable, I want the best. Call me fussy.