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1119890 2010-07-18 07:13:00 recently acquired an old epson printer with a b-type usb connection.

our modem has the same connection so i assume we can use it as a print server of sorts(d-link 502T gen 2)??.

not sure if dick smith smith has the cable needed but gonna check on tuesday.

if not where can i get a cable from?

cheers
GameJunkie (72)
1119891 2010-07-18 07:28:00 What? All printers have a USB B cable.
The modem does not have a print server built in - that connector you see is an alternate means of connecting it to your PC (instead of ethernet). If it had a print server it would have the A type USB socket in it.
pctek (84)
1119892 2010-07-18 08:18:00 You mean like the bottom one here ? (www.folcom.cz). I've got 2 of them here Speedy Gonzales (78)
1119893 2010-07-18 09:58:00 oh ok.

i could just get an A type to B type cable and connect it directly to the desktop, yeah?
GameJunkie (72)
1119894 2010-07-18 10:06:00 Err NO. Not if its a 502T.

If its the same as This modem/Router (www.dlink.co.nz) the USB connection is not a printer port, its as PCTek said,its a "alternate means of connecting it to your PC (instead of Ethernet)" Picture from Manual (www.imagef1.net.nz) tells you what each port does.

An Example (www.dlink.co.nz) of a router with a printer port -- Look in the description on the right or its Manual Picture (www.imagef1.net.nz)
wainuitech (129)
1119895 2010-07-18 10:14:00 i mean connect the printer TO the desktop with the usb cable GameJunkie (72)
1119896 2010-07-18 10:16:00 If its only to the printer>PC then yeah a A-B standard printer cable as speedy linked the picture A one end, B the other.

As where to get one, lots of places have them, any computer shop "should" or even places like the warehouse have them.
wainuitech (129)
1119897 2010-07-18 10:19:00 yea thats the one.

i think dick smith had one for $20.

cheers guys
GameJunkie (72)
1119898 2010-07-18 10:29:00 $20 for a 1mtr A-B cable - HOLY F**K :eek: are they joking or what - RIP OFF wainuitech (129)
1119899 2010-07-18 10:31:00 hang on i'll check again

this?

www.dse.co.nz

i got an account with elive.co.nz and found one for half price
www.elive.co.nz
or this one
www.elive.co.nz
GameJunkie (72)
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