Connect Arduino to RS-232 thermal printer?

Hi All, i have a question:
I'm looking to a faster termal printer than the one by adafruit, so i am oriented on this, based on this tutorial.

I'm not very confortable with the rs232 +-12V, i've never used it and i have a deadline very early.
Instead of use a MAX233CPP, could I just buy some adapter like this from 25 to 9 pin and then this from RS232 to TTL?
At that point i would connect the second one to arduino directly.

Bests

or:

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Both the 9pin end of the cable and the connector on the converter have female connectors.
It's possible that the printer might be OK with 0/5V signaling, by using SoftwareSerial you can configure for Inverted output. You won't know until you try.

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerialConstructor

SoftwareSerial mySerial(X, Y, true); //RX, TX, inverse logic