[gritbox]

Hi. my uncle recently bought a Dell but discovered there are no ports on the back of it for him to install his old printer and scanner. the connections for them are big plug type things with pins (similar to the crt monitor connection but longer) is there an adaptor he can buy to let him use usb? like maybe attach his current printer cable to a usb adaptor and then into his pc?

thanks

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Hi. The port you are talking about is a parallel port. I have seen parallel to USB cables, even at Walmart! I have not been looking for one myself, so I didn't examine the one I saw at all. You will want to make sure the one you get will connect to the parallel port on the device, and to the USB port on the computer.

[austin_o]

Hi. The port you are talking about is a parallel port. I have seen parallel to USB cables, even at Walmart! I have not been looking for one myself, so I didn't examine the one I saw at all. You will want to make sure the one you get will connect to the parallel port on the device, and to the USB port on the computer.

[Tyger]

Just go to a used computer store and get a PCI or otherwise compatable card with the right connectors. Write down the make and part number so you can download the drivers for it, although windows will automatically install most of them