Rosewill RC-302E - PCIe 1-Port Parallel Card

Pros: My beloved HP LaserJet Printer is finally working again on Windows 10! :-)

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Installation Steps: 1) Turn off PC 2) Install card on motherboard. Do NOT attach Parallel cable to port. 3) Turn on PC 4) Install driver from CD (included) using Device Manager. W10 did not find the card's driver automatically. 5) Reboot PC 6) Attach parallel cable and attach to printer. 7) Test!

Pros: Call me old school, but I still have an old HP Laserjet 5L. I needed a parallel port and this card seemed to fit the bill. Installed easily and supplied drivers worked fine.

Cons: Only issue is that the driver assigned the port to LPT3, it too me a few minutes to figure this out, and since my printer was assigned to LPT1, I just reset the port the card was using--not a big deal and I would certainly recommend this card to others, i only mention this in case others run into this.

Pros: It worked LOL!

Cons: The setup Application files were not able to run in Windows 8

Overall Review: Through-out my interim using Windows7x64, I have used many cards to make my printer work and were all useless. I wasn't able to use my HP Laserjet 6p for about 2 and half years and refused to sell / throw it away / donate it because it was still working plus I had 2 brand new toner cartridges. In December 2012, I completely upgraded my computer with a new motherboard etc .. in preparation to to install Windows 8. I dusted my HP LaserJet 6p and decided to give it another shot making this my last final attempt. I installed the card and booted up my computer and hoped to see the "New Hardware Detected" window (making it easier) but I did not. So I went to the device manager and saw that Windows detected the card (Parallel Port) but had a little yellow (?). I think we have all seen this at one point. I downloaded the latest drivers for Windows 8 off the Rosewill website and browsed for for the driver from the Device Manager. Browsing for the file resulted in a blank folder and for some reason it wasn't seeing the drivers. The folder was not empty because I saw the files under normal Windows 8 viewing conditions. So I decided to download the previous version of the drivers from the Rosewill website and the same thing happened; the folder was showing up blank. It didn't give me the option to view ALL FILES as sometimes the files show up that way. It was clear it was looking for specific driver file. The first thing that came to my mind was ...daym here we go again and was headed to Craigslist to put my HP LaserJet 6p up for sale but... I then decided to let Windows 8 (via update) decide the best possible solution; it didn't find any drivers. Lastly, I right clicked on the Parallel Port > Update Driver Software > Browse my Computer for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of Drivers on my Computer > and selected Standard / Generic port types > Model > Printer Port and named the Parallel Port LPT3. I then realized that I was getting somewhere LoL! At this point my HP LaserJet 6p was already connected and plugged in from when I booted the computer. Additionally, I checked under Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers and VOILA my HP LaserJet 6p was already detected and was listed. Finally the moment of truth, printing the TEST PAGE. I am happy to report that the TEST PAGE printed fine, and I printed a couple of other documents that I need for work and all is good! I didn't need to install the drivers that Rosewill provided because Windows 8 had generic drivers built in. Additionally, I forgot to mention that under regular Windows 8 viewing conditions the Rosewill Setup Application files in both driver folders that I downloaded did NOT run. It said it wasn't compatible with my system. I expected the Windows 7 drivers telling me that but not the Windows 8 drivers from Rosewill. I will update this review in the next couple of months if anything goes wrong but it looks like its a solid printer installation. My printer seems like its indes

Pros: Works fine on Ubuntu.

Cons: None.

Pros: Worked fine in a Dell OptiPlex 390 SFF, which no longer includes a parallel port. A low-profile PCI bracket is included in the box, which is on the product picture but not on the product description.

Cons: As stated in other reviews, the default parallel port for the card is LPT3. You can change it to whatever port you want through the driver interface in Device Manager, though.

Overall Review: Ugh. Didn't realize Dell stopped putting parallel ports on their newer systems. Had to scramble to come up with this card to support legacy ticket printers at a remote site. These cards were cheaper than buying USB to parallel adapters and gender changers.

Pros: Small form factor, easy to install & configure. Works great.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Used to add a 2nd parallel port to drive an old HP Laser Jet that still has plenty of life in it.

Pros: It works great and easy Win7 install.

Cons: Went down $5 days after I bought.

Overall Review: New PC, meet old printer.

Pros: Despite them not being a standard on many motherboards anymore there are still a lot of devices that require a parallel port - We still use an old Zebra thermal printer at work -- when upgrading the shipping computer we needed parallel port to communicate with the printer --- Install was painless -- in machine running 24/7 since last year so --- yeah -- the pros are that it worked

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: they should not list Win 8 as a supported OS - though that might be Newegg not Rosewill's fault ---