Thanks, George, I'll check it out! Will soon have it! carol P Sent from my iPhone On 8 Sep 2012, at 12:32, "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Carol, > > For any parallel braille printer, regardless of manufacturer, we've > advised using the USB to Parallel adaptor cable from Maplin. > > http://www.maplin.co.uk/usb-to-parallel-adaptor-99110 at £24.99. > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Carol Pearson > Sent: 07 September 2012 16:59 > To: Access UK Mailing List > Subject: [access-uk] PARALLEL/CENTRONIX TO USB CABES/CONVERTERS > > Hi all, > > I want to use my old Brother printer with the laptop and connect it > via USB. > I see there are plenty of cables around for sale but does anyone have > any experience that these do/don't work? If you have purchased one > recently which does work then please could you let me know details. > Has anyone found that you need to match cables more carefully, e.g., > some that will work with Brother and not others? > > If anyone has one to sell that they're no longer using, or could let > me borrow one to try then please let me know in private email. > > Thanks. > > Carol P > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq