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On 28/11/11 15:11, Neil Winchurst wrote:
I have Googled for info about my printer and it does indeed say that it has a parallel socket and a USB socket. I never knew that. My excuse is that the printer arrived, new, with just one cable, for the parallel socket, so I just assumed that was it. I have had a look at the rear of the printer but I cannot find the socket. At least, there seems to be an extra one but it does not look like a USB socket. I am assuming that it should look like a USB one, but perhaps that is wrong. More research.
You might well find that it is a squarish socket rather than a flat socket; it is the other end of the USB cable. If you don't have a suitable USB cable, they're fairly cheap. e.g.
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