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Apolla

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July 29th, 2004 01:00

Connecting a printer without a USB cable to a laptop

I recently purchased an Inspiron 1150 and am trying to connect a BJC 2010 Canon printer to it. But the printer does not connect with a USB cable. How should I go about connecting the two?

ejn63

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July 29th, 2004 09:00

You can either replace the printer with a good USB one (Canon makes a couple of good ones for $100 or less), or buy a parallel to USB converter (which will run you $50-75, not much less than the cost of a new printer).  Belkin offers these - just make sure there are XP drivers for the printer if you decide to adapt your old one.

 

Apolla

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July 31st, 2004 15:00

OK, thank you.

rickmktg

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July 31st, 2004 20:00


@ejn63 wrote:

You can either replace the printer with a good USB one (Canon makes a couple of good ones for $100 or less), or buy a parallel to USB converter (which will run you $50-75, not much less than the cost of a new printer).  Belkin offers these - just make sure there are XP drivers for the printer if you decide to adapt your old one.

You can get a parallel to USB printer cable for much less, around $15.  I use one on my Laserjet 4L.


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