Connecting parallel printer to Macbook

Connected an Epson ActionLaser 1500 to the Macbook using a Belkin Parallel-to-USB cable; chose the ActionLaser 1100 driver since the 1500 driver didn't show in the driver list. Everything worked fine until a few weeks ago. Now I get a "printer is offline" message; can't print from any application. I've deleted & reinstalled and changed the Belkin cable -- no luck. I suspect some upgrade caused the problem, but don't know what to do about it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

See the post from Matt Broughton a few posts down the list. "usbtb" is an alternate USB print driver that should help with USB-parallel adapter problems.

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