Currys - Brother Printer

mije1983

clangnuts wrote: »

Could be environmental reasons behind not including USB cables.

No doubt this is exactly the offical line. However, it's more likely to be a money saving/profit enhancing move by manufacturers.

With the abundance of USB cables in a lot of homes now though, it is a sensible move.

ukwmo

I got a Canon printer last year and it came with a USB printer cable with the wee square plug at one end. I know that because I dug the box out last week, found the cable still wrapped up and used that to connect my MacBook to an imaging microscope (don't ask).

Although, OP, I know it's your prerogative but it's easy to connect a printer to wifi. But the cables are cheap as, pound shop stuff, seriously life's short, rather than complain just nick out and get one and chalk it down to experience.

vikingaero

With the 101 printers that I've bought over the years only 1 (a Dell Colour Laser) came with a cable. I would rather that printers didn't come withe cables as I have boxes of them.

OP, pop into a pound shop and buy one or go on eBay if you need a longer one. You don't need anything fancy - a pound shop one will work as well as a £12.99 gold spangly one.

Sicard

If you phone the CEO it's a premium line and is £20 per second.

The-Truth

KorkyKat wrote: »

Next port of call. The CEO at Brother

You've bought something cheap and old from Curries and you think that's a sensible next port of call.

Ok :rotfl:

SuperHan

About ten years ago, no printers came with a cable.


Then with the advent of WiFi printers, more started to come with a cable again (as you needed the cable for the initial set up, but then never again).


Now that you can set up printers without a cable, they are ceasing to become standard issue again.


And a USB A-B is a standard peripheral connection cable. You'll be much harder pressed to find the "standard" USB 2.0 - USB 2.0 cable you refer to - they are quite uncommonly used and in most cases useless.