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Review on πŸ–¨οΈ SYBA PCI-Express PCIe Card 1x Parallel Port: High-Speed DB-25 IEEE 1284 Printer Port with MCS9900 Chipset - SD-PEX10005 by Girish Underwood

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Worked great for my intended purpose, no installation hassle.

It's strange to "love" such a small computer part, but I can't find any real faults with it. With minimal fuss I can now connect my old Panasonic KX-P1124 dot matrix printer to a much newer PC that doesn't have a parallel port. I'm using Windows 7 64-bit. Installing the driver for this card went smoothly and quickly following the instructions in the manual that came with it. After that, all I had to do was install the driver for the printer itself. Windows didn't initially have Panasonic drivers, but I clicked the Windows Update button (in the Add Printer dialog) and after a long wait I saw a much longer list of printers to choose from. Luckily mine was on the list and the test page printed fine. This means I can scrap a very old computer that I only kept for printing. No complaints, definitely recommend to other Windows 7 users.

Pros
  • New to my collection
Cons
  • Not a weapon