It seems like a good time to get a newer printer.
Adapters are possible, but they often do not work.
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Hello.
I have an old college friend who has a fairly new Gateway computer
from April/May 2007. It came with Windows Vista. She has a printing
problem with her old HP Deskjet 870Cse printer (parallel
connection).
She bought a Belkin USB Parallel Printer Adapter (part number
F5U002v1). She says the box doesn't say Vista support. Is this a
problem? I don't think it is since it is just a cable adapter.
When she tries to print, Vista saves as a XPS file and not send to
the printer. I read that XPS is like PDF. It sounds like Vista
doesn't have her printer connected (asked her to check -- I hope she
knows how to find it).
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpd04246.pdf for the PDF
manual.
Based on
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...=61012&lang=en
... Vista knows about this printer so no downloaded driver needed.
I am helping her through e-mails since she isn't close by for me to
visit.
Any ideas? Thank you in advance. 
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human being is condemned and restricted to perform the same
functions over and over again, he will not even be a good ant, not
to mention a good human being." --Norbert Wiener
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