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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

USB Cable

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I bought a cheap printer from walmart last year and was absolutely miffed that it didnt come with a cord. No, I am not connecting you to my wifi and installing your software on my computer! Had to buy a printer cord on amazon that ended up costing as much as the printer itself...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't just a generic usb type-b? Or was the printer only $3?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nope, turns out printers still come with a unique connector type.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Interesting. I haven't seen a printer without a type-b port since like the 90's or early 00's? And those were pretty consistently the parallel printer ports from what I remember.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't think I've had a printer come with a cord in like 20 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I sold printers (and other tech stuff) 20 years ago and can confirm, they have never come with USB cables, even before they were wireless.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I bought mine with cord only just a few years ago. Staying that way too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Well to be fair this was literally the first printer I've ever bought, at 31. It advertised on the box that it could connect by wifi or by cord, so I expected it to come with all accessories needed for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Sounds like the real problem here was spending way too much money on a USB cable that you could have gotten for less than a buck from literally any other place.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

At this point i would feel safer having the printer on the network with my devices' network stacks between it and the OS than I would granting a printer direct access like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And what's on the other end of the USB cable?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

A pot of Bitcoin!