If you are looking for a USB to Parallel DB-25 or Printer cable this will NOT work. This is NOT a Printer Cable even though it looks like what you need.
This is a 1.8M Straight-through (ST) USB to Serial cable RS-232 with a DB-25 Male connector, Metal Housing with thumbs screws. Typically you would use this cable to directly connect to a device with a mating DB-25 Female connector.
Features
FTDI FT232RL and RS-232 level shifter chips
Cable pinout specification notation [Computer Side Signal Name (Output Pin #) ]: TXD (2), RXD (3), RTS (4), CTS (5), GND(7)
USB 2.0 Full Speed compatible