Active USB extension cable recommendations?

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I need to run a USB cable about 15'. My understanding is I need an active cable to do this. When searching for active cables, it seems like some are OS dependent and I don't really understand why. I'm plugging this into a MDD running 10.5 that is acting as a print server (thus the cable connects to a printer.)

Will this cable work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6812119252

Thanks