The Kawasaki USB to Parallel enables your system to have the capability to communicate between the USB (Universal Serial Bus) port and parallel port. This device meets the USB 1.0/1.1 and IEEE 1284 enhanced parallel port specifications. All the advantages of USB are available to peripherals with parallel port interface. With Kawasaki's USB to Parallel device and software, it is transparent to the peripheral and no firmware changes are required which makes it possible to convert peripherals with parallel interface to USB interfaces with minimum modifications.