BleepingComputer.com: Rs 232 Cable

Will this cable work in a parallel port or only in the 9 pin serial port? It has 25 pin connetion just like the parallel port.
Its being used for a plotter and there is an adaptor on the end of the cable which brings it down to 9 pins. I was wondering were it has 25 pins without the adaptor if it would work in the parallel port?

http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/cable/RS-232.html

Since you ask will the cable work, it's not entirely clear to me if you mean will the cable work as a parallel cable, or will the serial plotter work if it's connected to the parallel port, but the answer will be no in both cases. A serial device won't work from a parallel port, and a serial cable can't function as a parallel cable as it's internal pin-to-pin connections are different. In any case, the D25 connectors for serial and parallel are opposite gender, so won't plug directly in.