Converting Parallel Printer port to USB

[nimbles]

 
Guys I'm Thinking of buying a broadband router (the 4 port smc barricade), mainly cos it has a parallel port on it to allow a printer to be networked up as well. however my old printer has just had a spaz so i'm also thinking of buying a new printer.

what i would like to know is whether there is some sort of device that will allow me to convert a usb connection to a parallel port so i could plug in a usb only printer into that parallel port?

cheers for the help guys!!

[Van Nugent]

The answer is NO, m8.

You can connect a serial/parallel device to a USB port via converter but you can't connect a USB device to a serial/parallel port.

[peter_uk]

what you can buy is a usb to ethernet adaptor so you can plug it into one of the 4 ports these adaptor dont come cheap £40 approx (new) was all i could find i was also thinking about buy the adaptor but im not sure if it will work in the way you need it to