Parallel-to-USB cable, or use a PCI parallel printer port card.ReferencesThis computing article is a stub. Those who have printers and scanners with only parallel port may still be able to connect the devices via the use of USB adapters a.k.a. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Printer cable refers to the cable that carries data between a computer and a printer.There are many different types of cables, for example:Serial: RS-232, EIA-422ParallelFireWireUSBParallel port printers have been slowly phased out, and are now difficult to find for the most part, being considered as an obsolete legacy port on most new computers.