IMac Mountain Lion (10.8.2) won't recognize USB to parallel cable

I have an iMac running Mountain Lion (10.8.2) and am wanting to connect a HP-6L Laserjet printer via a Sabrent USB-Parallel cable (which is supposed to be Mac compatible).  I have installed the Gutenprint 5.2.9 driver package.  I am also running Windows XP Pro in Parallels.  The HP appears to be installed on the iMac as I see it in System Preferences>Print & Scan.  In Windows, I see the HP as Ready in Printers & Faxes.  I have all Mac printers shared with Windows. In either Operating System, I can execute a print operation to the HP and the Mac OS print queue opens.  It then states either of two scenarios: 1)  the printer is off-line or 2) the Postscript print job cannot be completed.  As far as I know, the HP driver in Windows is using PCL, Not Postscript.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

This is tricky dick!  I have my HP-6L laserjet working with my iMac!  I am using a Sabrent USB to 36-pin parallel cable.  I downloaded the glutenprint 5.2.9 driver and installed it!  The laserjet is working flawlessly!

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