Xu wrote:
> Ah the old discontinued printers of HP. You are in luck actually. That thing
> already has usb-out somewhere on it. All you need is a usb cable with the
> Type A male connector and the Type A female on the other end. I bet you got
> one laying around somewhere. I used the one that came with my scanner to
> plug my HP up to my usb 2 port on the computer. Anyway, the usb cable is
> more cheap than the parallel adapter.
>
> Find your connection on that printer first to make sure I am not imagining
> things. It might be right above the parallel connection. I have to life a
> little tray on mine to actually see it.
>

The HP 4L is about 12 years old, far before the age of USB. I have one
next to my desk, manufacturing date of March 1994, and there is no USB
port on the printer. The parallel connector is on the left side, with
the cable exiting through the rear of the printer and there is No other
connectors in the bay.



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> <casteele95thbgheavy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>Have an HP LaserJet 4L that I now wish to connect to the USB on my
>>laptop. Is it simply a matter of buying a Parallel-to-USB cable, or is
>>it more complicated than that? (The HP book on the printer has a
>>page on something it calls the Bi-Tronics Paralles Interface ??)
>>
>>Christopher
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