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product_id: 1570971
title: "StarTech 6ft / 2m USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter (ICUSB1284D25)"
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price: "245 Lei"
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reviews_count: 13
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# USB bus-powered, no external adapter 6ft USB to DB25 cable length Plug & Play parallel printer support StarTech 6ft / 2m USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter (ICUSB1284D25)

**Brand:** startech.com
**Price:** 245 Lei
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🖥️ Bridge the old with the new—print smarter, not harder!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** StarTech 6ft / 2m USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter (ICUSB1284D25) by startech.com
- **How much does it cost?** 245 Lei with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ro](https://www.desertcart.ro/products/1570971-startech-6ft-2m-usb-to-db25-parallel-printer-adapter-icusb1284d25)

## Best For

- startech.com enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted startech.com brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Ultra-Portable Power:** Compact, lightweight design powered directly by USB—perfect for on-the-go professionals.
- • **Universal Compatibility:** Works flawlessly with a wide range of printers and Windows OS versions, backed by StarTech’s 2-year warranty.
- • **Cost-Effective Connectivity:** Save money and reduce e-waste by extending the life of your existing parallel printers.
- • **True Plug & Play Convenience:** Instant setup with zero driver hassle on Windows 98 through Windows 7—just plug and print.
- • **Seamless Legacy Printer Revival:** Connect your classic DB25 parallel printer effortlessly via USB—no costly upgrades needed.

## Overview

The StarTech 6ft USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter (ICUSB1284D25) transforms any USB port into a parallel printer port, enabling seamless connection of legacy DB25 printers to modern Windows PCs without the need for external power or complex setup. Its plug-and-play design supports multiple Windows versions, making it an essential tool for professionals who value cost-effective, reliable printing solutions backed by a 2-year warranty and lifetime tech support.

## Description

The ICUSB1284D25 6 ft. USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter Cable turns an available USB port on a host PC into a DB25 Female Parallel port - allowing you to connect a DB25 printer to the computer as if the necessary parallel port was built-on. A cost-effective and reliable solution, the USB to DB25 adapter saves the expense of replacing a parallel printer for the sake of USB capability. Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support .

Review: Solid product - works on Win 7 64 bit - I'm convinced the cable is a solid product. (No comment on included driver disk... not required for Windows 7, and other recent operating systems) Wondering if this cable will work for you? I recommend following the first 8 steps below. If your printer driver is listed in step 8, I suspect your chances of this cable working for you is near 100% I struggled for a week to get this working. Here's the rub I encountered: I'm using a very old printer (HP Laserjet iip). When I tried to "add a printer" via the "Devices & Printer" dialog, the HP laserjet iip driver was not listed. I tried using the "Windows Update" option referred to on reviews here, and on countless other forums to no avail, because they fail to mention a key point. Here's the "key point": In order to update the list of printer drivers via "windows update", you must have selected the LPT1 printer port.... EVEN IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT HAVE A PARALLEL LPT1 PRINTER PORT. So here's my attempt to explain the steps necessary to get this cable to work on Windows 7 64bit OS, using an old printer not natively listed in Win7 printer driver list: First, update printer driver list & install your printer driver: 1- Select "Start" 2- Select "Devices & Printers" 3- Select "Add a printer" (near top of dialog) 4- Select "Add a local Printer" 5- Select "Use an existing port: LPT1 (Printer Port) - EVEN OF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS PORT 6- Select "Next" 7- Select "Windows Update" (may take a while... but will update driver list) 8- Select the manufacturer and printer from the scrollable list 9- Select "Next" 10- Enter a junk printer name like xxxxx 11- (since you don't have LPT1 this will go away after next boot) 12- Select "Next" (will install printer driver) 13- Select "Do Not share this Printer" 14- Select "Next" 15- Select Finish Now that the print driver has been installed on your PC, attach the USB cable to your PC (Win 7 will install a the USB cable driver automatically) Then execute similar steps as follows 16- Select "Start" 17- Select "Devices & Printers" 18- Select "Add a printer" (near top of dialog) 19- Select "Add a local Printer" 20- Select "Use an existing port: USB001 *** (NOTE: if you have other USB printers then select the maximum USB port number) 21- Select "Next" 22- Select the manufacturer and printer from the scrollable list 23- Select "Next" 24- Select "use the driver that is currently installed (recommended) 25- Select "Next" 26- Enter an appropriate printer name (e.g. HP Laserjet iip) 27- Select "Next" (will install printer driver) 28- Select "Do Not share this Printer" (unless you want to share the printer) 29- Select "Next" 30- Select Finish Here's hoping this helps anyone!
Review: Great adapter, but windows causes problems when using with a laptop - I have been using this for the last few months with an old HP LaserJet 4 that I refurbished myself. I have to say that it works fantastic as long as you do not have to plug & unplug thing. I use mine on a laptop and every time I plug it back in the first print job screws up 7 out of 10 times by printing up to a hundred pages of one line gibberish. This is NOT the cables fault, it is the stupid windows 8.1 printer que!! So everytime I need to use it on my laptop I have to plug it in, turn the printer on, reboot the laptop, wait for both, then run my print jobs. If the gibberish starts then I just cancel the print job, reboot the computer, print a test page, if it's all fine then I restart my print job. I also store all my print jobs in the que so that if there is an error I can just restart that print job, when I am done and the print job was a success I then go and delete them from the que. Again: The adapter works fine, it's windows 8.1's print queue that screws it up!

## Features

- USB interface allows you to quickly add another parallel port to your Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 computer
- Plug and play USB design eliminates the need for manual or automatic parallel switch boxes
- Compact size and low weight make it an ideal accessory for portable computers
- Fully Plug & Play for easy installation
- USB bus-powered operation, no external power adapter required

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000ZLRGKG |
| Best Sellers Rank | #12,720 in USB Cables |
| Brand | StarTech.com |
| Color | One Color |
| Compatible Devices | Laptop, PC, Printer |
| Connector Type | Usb |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 290 Reviews |
| Finish | Matte |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00065030825863 |
| Item Dimensions | 8.5 x 4.06 x 1.5 inches |
| Item Length | 6 feet |
| Item Weight | 4.16 ounces |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 8.5 x 4.06 x 1.5 inches |
| Manufacturer | Startech.com |
| Mfr Part Number | ICUSB1284D25 |
| Model Number | ICUSB1284D25 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Number of Ports | 1 |
| Package Quantity | 1 |
| Specific Uses For Product | personal |
| UPC | 065030822428 132017773209 065030825863 580548849380 777786356354 172304346914 071030559677 001910337798 778889393734 168141635625 172302818260 151903076248 523161053154 088021280977 013049005912 |
| Unit Count | 1 Count |
| Warranty Description | 2 year warranty |

## Product Details

- **Color:** One Color
- **Compatible Devices:** Laptop, PC, Printer
- **Connector Type:** Usb
- **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 8.5 x 4.06 x 1.5 inches
- **Specific Uses For Product:** personal

## Images

![StarTech 6ft / 2m USB to DB25 Parallel Printer Adapter (ICUSB1284D25) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710h5ndO08L.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Solid product - works on Win 7 64 bit
*by J***R on February 21, 2012*

I'm convinced the cable is a solid product. (No comment on included driver disk... not required for Windows 7, and other recent operating systems) Wondering if this cable will work for you? I recommend following the first 8 steps below. If your printer driver is listed in step 8, I suspect your chances of this cable working for you is near 100% I struggled for a week to get this working. Here's the rub I encountered: I'm using a very old printer (HP Laserjet iip). When I tried to "add a printer" via the "Devices & Printer" dialog, the HP laserjet iip driver was not listed. I tried using the "Windows Update" option referred to on reviews here, and on countless other forums to no avail, because they fail to mention a key point. Here's the "key point": In order to update the list of printer drivers via "windows update", you must have selected the LPT1 printer port.... EVEN IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT HAVE A PARALLEL LPT1 PRINTER PORT. So here's my attempt to explain the steps necessary to get this cable to work on Windows 7 64bit OS, using an old printer not natively listed in Win7 printer driver list: First, update printer driver list & install your printer driver: 1- Select "Start" 2- Select "Devices & Printers" 3- Select "Add a printer" (near top of dialog) 4- Select "Add a local Printer" 5- Select "Use an existing port: LPT1 (Printer Port) - EVEN OF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS PORT 6- Select "Next" 7- Select "Windows Update" (may take a while... but will update driver list) 8- Select the manufacturer and printer from the scrollable list 9- Select "Next" 10- Enter a junk printer name like xxxxx 11- (since you don't have LPT1 this will go away after next boot) 12- Select "Next" (will install printer driver) 13- Select "Do Not share this Printer" 14- Select "Next" 15- Select Finish Now that the print driver has been installed on your PC, attach the USB cable to your PC (Win 7 will install a the USB cable driver automatically) Then execute similar steps as follows 16- Select "Start" 17- Select "Devices & Printers" 18- Select "Add a printer" (near top of dialog) 19- Select "Add a local Printer" 20- Select "Use an existing port: USB001 *** (NOTE: if you have other USB printers then select the maximum USB port number) 21- Select "Next" 22- Select the manufacturer and printer from the scrollable list 23- Select "Next" 24- Select "use the driver that is currently installed (recommended) 25- Select "Next" 26- Enter an appropriate printer name (e.g. HP Laserjet iip) 27- Select "Next" (will install printer driver) 28- Select "Do Not share this Printer" (unless you want to share the printer) 29- Select "Next" 30- Select Finish Here's hoping this helps anyone!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great adapter, but windows causes problems when using with a laptop
*by L***L on April 15, 2015*

I have been using this for the last few months with an old HP LaserJet 4 that I refurbished myself. I have to say that it works fantastic as long as you do not have to plug & unplug thing. I use mine on a laptop and every time I plug it back in the first print job screws up 7 out of 10 times by printing up to a hundred pages of one line gibberish. This is NOT the cables fault, it is the stupid windows 8.1 printer que!! So everytime I need to use it on my laptop I have to plug it in, turn the printer on, reboot the laptop, wait for both, then run my print jobs. If the gibberish starts then I just cancel the print job, reboot the computer, print a test page, if it's all fine then I restart my print job. I also store all my print jobs in the que so that if there is an error I can just restart that print job, when I am done and the print job was a success I then go and delete them from the que. Again: The adapter works fine, it's windows 8.1's print queue that screws it up!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 64-Bit Windows 7 Professional - Worked for me.
*by A***N on February 26, 2013*

I was hesitant to order this as there were several other reviews stating that it didn't work for Windows 7, or 64-bit machines. I am happy to report that in my case it worked perfectly. I am using a brand new 64-bit Dell Latitude laptop and printing to a very old but faithful HP LaserJet 2100 TN. I was able to install the printer through the Windows "Add Printer" process with no special steps, tweaks, or work-arounds. I didn't even have to install the drivers that came on a disk with the cable. That was fortunate because there don't appear to be any 64-bit drivers on the disk, anyway. Computers can be fickle things, so I'm not saying this cable will work for everybody; it obviously hasn't based on other reviews. All I can say is that set up was hassle-free and it is working perfectly for me. If you are having trouble finding a cable that works for you, you should at least consider giving this one a try.

## Frequently Bought Together

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