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I purchased this converter cable even though the other review said it does not work on HP laser printers. I used the cable to hook up a bullet proof HP Laserjet 4V to a new Windows Vista machine. The new computer didn't come with a parallel port, so I figured rather then adding a new port I would try one of these cables. I had my doubts with the other review saying it didn't work on HP Laserjets. Then I also looked at reviews on other web sites and they said it worked great, but took a little time to hook it up. For my set up it took literally 30 seconds. I shut down the computer, hooked up the chord, turned the computer and printer on and Windows Vista configured the printer with no problems at all. I use the print on a small home network, and all my other computers connect with no problems.