Where does Printer Cable go on Canon MP210

ahll

My friend has just got a Canon MP210(her first printer) and can't find where to put the printer cable. She has found the USB port that seems to be on the front of the printer. She lives away so I can't go look can anyone tell me where the port for the printer cable is ? She has a regular printer cable for it which I am assuming is whats she needs.

BillScarab

It goes in the back towards the right hand side (looking from the front), under the paper feed tray. There's a sort of recess and the USB port is in there.

It connects via USB, if by normal printer cable she means a parallel or Centronics cable she doesn't need it. To the best of my knowledge all modern printers connect via USB. The one on the front is for connecting a pictbridge compatible camrea so you can print directly without using the computer.

Of course your friend could look at the manual on the enclosed CD.

fwor

Your friend may also not recognise it because typically printers use the Type B connector, which is almost square - a very different shape than the Type A sockets fitted to most PCs.

ahll

Yeah I know guys but she just isn't very techie minded so strugling.Its her first venture into these kind of things. She only got her new laptop today as well.

she has a cable like this which I ment by a 'regular printer cable'. Which is the one she needs right ?

Belkin Pro Series Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Device Cable 1.8m

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Hi-Speed-Device-Cable-1-8m/dp/B00005KJJ9/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1206135297&sr=8-1

BillScarab

Yes that's the correct cable but it's just a USB cable not specfically a printer cable although as fwor says it has the Type B connector for the printer end.

If your friend looks at the back of the printer under the paper feed tray she'll find it.