APC USB/Serial converter cable

I have a Lexmark E232 printer with a serial cable. I purchased an APC USB/Serial Converter cable and tried plugging it up to my Macbook, but it is not recognized. Any thoughts?

The APC Adapter is not driverless. It requires software drivers to work. I do not believe that there are Mac drivers for it.

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