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2002-08-14 by MARK MAIO
I am setting up my Epson 1280 and for reasons too long to go into, it has to be about 15 feet from my Mac G3. My Epson instructions caution against having a USB cable longer than 6 1/2 feet, as it might cause printing problems. Any thoughts or experience with this? Thank you, Mark Maio
2002-08-14 by Ake Vinberg
According to usb.org: "Q2: How long of a cable can I use to connect my device? A2: In practice, the USB specification limits the length of a cable between full speed devices to 5 meters (a little under 16 feet 5 inches). For a low speed device the limit is 3 meters (9 feet 10 inches)." http://www.usb.org/faq/ans5.html#q2 Best regards, Ake
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fran: MARK MAIO [mailto:markmaio@...] > Skickat: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:11 PM > Till: Digital B&W Group > Amne: [Digital BW] USB cable length > > > I am setting up my Epson 1280 and for reasons too long to go into, it > has to be about 15 feet from my Mac G3. My Epson instructions caution > against having a USB cable longer than 6 1/2 feet, as it might cause > printing problems. Any thoughts or experience with this? > > Thank you, > > Mark Maio > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ---------------------~--> > 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now > http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/RN.GAA/ucIolB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------~-> > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, > Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being > updated. The page is at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or > you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership > preferences by visiting this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - Include your full name with your message. > - Include the address of your website, if you have one. > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier > messages to keep them short. > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the > subject header. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks > or "flames." > - Complete your Yahoo profile. > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and > the various resources on the homepage. > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
2002-08-14 by Robert Morrison
Excellent reference...thanks. Also good to note...as I had said...that hubs buy you more mileage just like SCSI...within reason. Robert On 8/14/02 9:49 AM, "Ake Vinberg" <ake.vinberg@...> wrote: > According to usb.org: > > "Q2: How long of a cable can I use to connect my device? > A2: In practice, the USB specification limits the length of a cable between > full speed devices to 5 meters (a little under 16 feet 5 inches). For a low > speed device the limit is 3 meters (9 feet 10 inches)." > > http://www.usb.org/faq/ans5.html#q2 > > Best regards, > Ake > > > > >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >> Fran: MARK MAIO [mailto:markmaio@...] >> Skickat: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:11 PM >> Till: Digital B&W Group >> Amne: [Digital BW] USB cable length >> >> >> I am setting up my Epson 1280 and for reasons too long to go into, it >> has to be about 15 feet from my Mac G3. My Epson instructions caution >> against having a USB cable longer than 6 1/2 feet, as it might cause >> printing problems. Any thoughts or experience with this? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Mark Maio >> >> >> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >> ---------------------~--> >> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now >> http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/RN.GAA/ucIolB/TM >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------~-> >> >> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, >> Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being >> updated. The page is at: >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint >> >> If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or >> you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership >> preferences by visiting this same page. >> >> Please follow these basic guidelines: >> - Include your full name with your message. >> - Include the address of your website, if you have one. >> - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier >> messages to keep them short. >> - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the >> subject header. >> - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks >> or &amp;quot;flames.&amp;quot; >> - Complete your Yahoo profile. >> - Before posting a question, search the message archives and >> the various resources on the homepage. >> >> >> >> >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >> >> >> > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other > resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to > unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same > page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - Include your full name with your message. > - Include the address of your website, if you have one. > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep > them short. > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > &amp;quot;flames.&amp;quot; > - Complete your Yahoo profile. > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various > resources on the homepage. > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ---------------------- Robert Morrison rmorrison@... 310-397-2704 4131 Bledsoe Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066
2002-08-15 by Garth Ritchie
mark, following is a quote from the www.cablesnmor.com website (they have tons of odd cables and connectors that do stuff you've probably never considered). sounds like the exact thing you need (U$21)... note the fact that they say you can string 5 together for a combined length of 80 feet! hope this helps, garth The USB standard limits the length of a usb cable to 5 meters (about 16.5 ft.). * This active extension allows you to extend your webcam, printer, etc. beyond that limit. * The length of this high quality cable is 16' (4.8m) * You can combine up to 5 of these cables for a maxium distance of 80 feet. * Made with gold connectors and flexible cable. * Foil and braid shielding is used to reduce EMI/RFI interference. * Low capacitance cable to reduce transmission problems. * Plug & play - no drivers required. * USB 1.1 compliant. * PC/MAC compatible. * Manufactured by GoldX http://www.cablesnmor.com/active-extension.html
2002-08-15 by tomoc
FWIW, I have 2 15 footers linked together going from a MAC cube to an hub (ac powered) and then to an HP 970 and it works fine. Tom O'Connell TomOC@... www.thomasoconnell.com --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., MARK MAIO <markmaio@p...> wrote: > I am setting up my Epson 1280 and for reasons too long to go into, it > has to be about 15 feet from my Mac G3. My Epson instructions caution
> against having a USB cable longer than 6 1/2 feet, as it might cause > printing problems. Any thoughts or experience with this? > > Thank you, > > Mark Maio
2002-08-16 by MARK MAIO
Thanks you to all of those members who responded to my inquiry regarding the USB cable length of 20' to my printer. I decided to buy a 10' cable and a 10' extension and they work fine. Mark Maio