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12' usb cable - msglee - 01-30-2010
The instructions for my Brother Laser printer says to make sure to use a USB cable no longer than 6'. What would be the problem using a 12' cable so I can move the printer to a better working area.
Lee
Re: 12' usb cable - mattkime - 01-30-2010
A tear in the time-space continuum.
(likely nothing)
Re: 12' usb cable - Doc - 01-30-2010
You could trip on it and break your neck.
Re: 12' usb cable - wolfcry911 - 01-30-2010
eww, you'd tear space-time's continuum? what does he think about that?
Re: 12' usb cable - Winston - 01-30-2010
Brother is just worried that as the cable gets longer the signal weakens a bit due to resistance, etc. If you get a decent quality cable it's unlikely you will have a problem. Worse comes to worse, you could get errors printing, but it wouldn't hurt the computer or the printer. (Tripping on the cable, however ...)
There was a thread down a bit about the ferrite "beads" used on some cables to block interference. If you had a problem, you could add these at each end which might help. I think Radio Shack carries them.
Good luck.
- Winston
Re: 12' usb cable - tenders - 01-30-2010
I don't think you'll have any problem at all. I've been using a 25' cable on various USB printers for years with no issues whatsoever.
Re: 12' usb cable - onthedownlow - 01-31-2010
tenders wrote:
I don't think you'll have any problem at all. I've been using a 25' cable on various USB printers for years with no issues whatsoever.
:agree:
Re: 12' usb cable - Racer X - 01-31-2010
the USB spec is 15 feet (or is it 16.4'/5 meters) Anyway, a good cable shouldn't have problems.
Re: 12' usb cable - Doc - 01-31-2010
http://www.usb.org/developers/usbfaq/#cab1
Re: 12' usb cable - RAMd®d - 01-31-2010
Anyway, a good cable shouldn't have problems.
Yes.
I had a problem where I connected two USB cables together and only a keyboard would work. Nothing else would.
Either cable alone worked, but I needed to cover the distance. I found a longer cable that *did* work with everything. One of the cables was a very thin cable from some cheap hub I bought a few years back. That was the culprit.