Driver For Usb To Parallel Printer Cable Windows 7

My son and I just finished a home-build kit and he left for a trip to China before I could get everything running. I need some help hooking up my old Epson Action Laser 1500.
Here is a description of the system:
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 Intel B85
Processor: Intel Core i3-4150
OS: Win 7 SP1
Cable: Shaxon USB2AD25MM06F-B
Here's what I tried so far:
1. Hooked up the Shaxon USB-parallel cable and plugged it in hoping the plug and play would do the work for me. Nothing happened.
2. I selected Add Printer and chose the HP LaserJet III (which is the emulation the Epson uses and which worked fine when I used the printer with XP). I chose the settings for the correct USB port and I tried to print a test page and the Feed light on the printer started blinking so I guess there's some communication. I tried pressing the Feed button but nothing happened. I took the printer offline and then pressed the feed button again and got a page with one line of nonsense characters.
3. I read through many forum posts and saw that some have recommended installing cable drivers. Although the drivers that came with the Shaxon cable were for Win Vista, I tried installing them anyway. One showed up as an installed program in the Control Panel, but the printer will still not print a test page.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

USB to parallel cable for Windows 7 by ela119 / January 9, 2015 7:16 AM PST My son and I just finished a home-build kit and he left for a trip to China before I could get everything running.

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1. A portable, space-saving solution, the USB to Parallel Printer Adapter is self-powered and provides Plug and Play installation on Windows® based, USB-compliant computers. Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
2. At this point they are probably assuming you will upgrade your printer or upgrade the cable to a USB to Parallel conversion and focus their driver efforts on that. Barb (September 3, 2012) I have a new Dell XPS desktop with Windows 7 (64-bit).
3. I had planned to hook up my TVS MSP 250 XL printer using a USB to parallel cable Once I plug the cable in, Windows 7 recognizes it as an IEEE-1284 controller and automatically installs the appropriate driver.
4. Attach your parallel printer through a USB port, and leave your parallel port available for parallel scanners or cameras. Adapter plugs into a USB port and offers a parallel interface. Note: When using a HP Officejet or other multi-function product, this cable will only allow access of the printer.