Syba USB to Parallel Port Adapter workable?

[Liam Proven]

On 16/06/07, Scott Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:
> Would such an adapter get around my earlier posting shown below?
>
> The part number of the adapter is Sy-usb-p.

No. USB-to-Parallel adators - note, they're that way round, not the
reverse - are for printers only.

(A parallel-to-USB adaptor would allow the connection of USB devices
to a parallel port, which is, basically, impossible.)

Frankly, I doubt you'll get a parallel-port scanner working under
anything but Windows. Get yourself a SCSI scanner and a SCSI card -
both are commonly available for free now; try your local Freecycle
mailing list. That'll work. Or, of course, a modern USB scanner.

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