Our VaporPaper software only accepts serial inputs, thus receivers with parallel printer outputs must be converted to serial data. Many such devices are available and this information is not intended to mean others won't work, these are just the ones we have decided to make available from SIMS.
Although SIMS does sell the Black Box converters, if you have an account with BlackBox, feel free to call them and order the units directly. Their part number is PI1115A-US which includes a power supply. The unit has Female DB25 connectors on both ends making cabling easier than using centronics connectors that some other converters have.
Without the power supply these converters will only work with receivers that provide proper voltages to their parallel ports. As simple as that sounds, many of the older receivers do not do this and even some of the newer receivers have trouble with it. Since the power supply is included, use it for any receivers that cause you trouble, but you don't need it for those that do supply sufficient power on the parallel interface.
