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how can I find out if it needs a USB A / USB A cable or a USB A/USB B cable, so I can order them together?
I was very irritated when the printer I bought did not come with its own requisite USB cable, and I had to immediately turn around and go back to Best Buy for the damned cable.
I don't recall if it even specified on the outside of the box that I needed a cable. I think I only found out when I opened the box and read the instructions that said "plug in the printer, with USB cable sold seperately."
Fuckers.
Very few USB printers ship with a cable any more.
In my day, parallel port printers never came with cables. We had to make our own out of old phone cords. You you kids today want everything so easy.
When we sold parallel port printers, we never sold them with cables either. I've just assumed printers still came cable-free.
A round a Geritol for everyone?
A round a Geritol for everyone?
Does it come with a USB cable?
Quick Word/Excel question for the hivemind. I have a Word document with a table in it, and I want to open the table in Excel. I'm sure it's something simple, I just have no idea what to do.
ETA: never mind, cutting and pasting works just fine. I'm such a maroon.
Have you tried copying the table and pasting into Excel?
Yeah, just before. Still slapping my head.
When we sold parallel port printers, we never sold them with cables either. I've just assumed printers still came cable-free.
Huh. I think my last printer (parallel port) did come with a cable, but it was over 4 years ago, so perhaps not.
Have you thought about a print server, Jessica?
Ooh, that's an idea. I'll think about it.
Thanks for the link to the Canon site, Jon.
