Printing from HP-86B ?

[Dave Frederickson]

(07-10-2017 06:35 PM)Paul Berger (Canada) Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 05:45 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  It doesn't look like this can be used to connect a USB printer to an HP-IB port. Connection to a USB device is not mentioned in the specs and it has a Type B connector which is found on the printer end of the cable, not the controller end.

That would be my take as well, for device mode you still need a host system to initialize the adapter and set the mode of operation, I suppose it could function like PIL-Box for GPIB.

Almost. The PIL-Box can have a device or controller on either side.