StarTech.com 2 Port PCI Express / PCI-e Parallel Adapter Card – IEEE 1284 with LP Bracket - 2x DB25 (F) PCIE Parallel Port Card (PEX2PECP2)

I don’t know how sheerness, thickness, or warmth can describe this product XDKudos to this company and others that still allow us to use parallel ports, even on windows 10, which this is running on. One minor complaint was that one of the pins for the second parallel port connection was bent (did not affect ability) which obviously indicates it was damaged during assembly or packaging. It came with two shorter brackets as promised and a driver installation CD. As I am running windows 10, I use one for for the printer (need a male to male adapter) and one for the sentinel pro key.As for drivers, it is best to download from their official website, and extract the files and run the exe to install the drivers. Can’t believe windows still haven’t figured out how to automatically install parallel port drivers.The price tag is pretty high considering this is a decades old part, but hey, it works pretty good

Used for running a CNC mill

I got this for a client who has a receipt printer with a parallel port interface and they were upgrading their really old PC to a new one without a parallel port. The physical install was simple and easy. I downloaded the latest drivers and they installed with not problems either. Easy peasy.In operation this worked perfectly with the receipt printer it was bought for. I’m very pleased with the result for an economical option. I’ve used other Startech products with good luck so the brand played a role in my choice too. It did not disappoint. That’s why I’m giving this expansion card 5 stars.

Not recognized in my Linux 4.18.0 kernel, and the downloaded driver from StarTech would not compile. StatTech support tells me that this card is not supported in a 4.18.0 kernel despite what the web page claims (support for kernels 2.6.x and up). Returned for credit.

I installed this adapter in a new Dell machine. I swapped the full profile bracket with the low profile bracket (both brackets come with the product). Installation took about 5-10 minutes. Driver installation was extremely straightforward for my Windows 10 x64 machine. The drivers can easily be found on StarTech's website. This is a great product, and it works on my PlasmaCam machine, I saved a lot of money going with StarTech over Axxon

I marked Tech Support with 5 stars, but I don't know that. I have been using Star Tech products for years and I am yet to call for support. So I believe that they have built their tech support into the products with excellent design and quality control.

Not plug and play. Tech support was impossible to find. Search for drivers on my own but could not find them. Pretty much useless. Tried off and on for weeks and then missed my window for a return so now I'm stuck with it.

This is card is being used in a Windows Server 2008 - R2 computer and had no issues installing drivers for the card. Connected the printers to the card and ran Windows printer installation and printers worked on the first try. Overall seems to be a good product so far.

Product as expected. Delivery reasonable. Price good. Would buy again

Bon produit