I'm very satisfied user of HP LaserJet 1100 printer (it was made in '90 when quality was more important than today).

However there is one drawback: it requires parallel port (also known as LPT device in Windows) which is no longer available on today PCs. Fortunately I have luck with following Hardware and Software:

• HP LaserJet 1100 printer (obviously), with DB25 printer cable
• OEM USB --> LPT (FD25) converter - this little device did the trick
• Optional: AXAGON HUE-S1B USB 3.0 QUATTRO hub - I use it to have enough number of USB 3.0 (compatible with 2.0 and 1.1 ) ports on my ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 Nano Windows
• Windows 10 Home N, Build 15063 (use command ver to find your Windows build number)

Setup in Windows 10

Setup was trivial:

• switch everything off and disconnect from Power socket
• connect printer to OEM USB --> LPT (FD25) converter
• connect OEM USB --> LPT (FD25) converter to USB port of your PC
• power on Printer
• power on Your PC

After a while Windows 10 installed all required drivers and reported (in Action Center - that bubble icon on right down corner) that HP LaserJet 1100 (MS) driver was successfully installed.

WARNING!

As of 2022-12 Microsoft REMOVED HP LaserJet 1100 (MS) driver from official Windows distribution (that's really great "innovation"!). However if you are lucky you can still find it here:

• page: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=1531e198-ae36-4fe9-8409-9db6481d83f5#Overview
• download: https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2009/07/4188_bacd1413e93b4a6362d9a2ca653c869f1c02f6f7.cab

To install it - unpack downloaded CAB (for example, using Total Commander) file and when asked for driver use Have Disk... and point it to unpacked directory This fixed it for me :-)

Tested printing PDFs in PDF-XChange Viewer version 2.5 FREE. Even printing speed matched speed of my older PC with parallel port.

Setup in Ubuntu

Please follow Connecting LaserJet 1100 via OEM USB --> LPT (FD25) converter

--hp