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Re: [Digital BW] USB cable length

Re: [Digital BW] USB cable length

2002-08-14 by Jerry Olson

I have a 10 foot cord, and haven't experienced any problems that I know about.

Does it say what kind of printing problems?

Jerry

MARK MAIO wrote:
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> 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
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Re: [Digital BW] USB cable length

2002-08-14 by MARK MAIO

In my haste of reading through the manual quickly, I missed the caveat of an "unshielded" cable of over 6 1/2 feet causing printing problems. It did not
specify what the problems would be, but I guess if the cable is shielded, there shouldn't be any problems.

Thanks,
Mark Maio

Jerry Olson wrote:
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> I have a 10 foot cord, and haven't experienced any problems that I know about.
>
> Does it say what kind of printing problems?
>
> Jerry
>
> MARK MAIO 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
> >
> >
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RE: [Digital BW] USB cable length

2002-08-14 by Doug Fisher

FWIW, I have strung to 6 foot cables together for my 1160 without any
problems.

Doug
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In my haste of reading through the manual quickly, I missed the caveat of an
"unshielded" cable of over 6 1/2 feet causing printing problems. It did not
specify what the problems would be, but I guess if the cable is shielded,
there shouldn't be any problems.

Thanks,
Mark Maio

Jerry Olson wrote:

> I have a 10 foot cord, and haven't experienced any problems that I know
about.
>
> Does it say what kind of printing problems?
>
> Jerry
>
> MARK MAIO 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
> >
> >
> > 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
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Re: [Digital BW] USB cable length

2002-08-14 by Robert Morrison

I believe that USB standard limits cord length to 6 ft in length (that's
probably where Epson gets their figure from...its like scsi cords...that
were supposed to be kept to 6ft lengths)...of course that doesn't mean that
you won't find non-standard cords...like you apparently already have.  I use
a 6ft cord that then goes to a hub with 4 different 6 ft cords going to
printers and that's ok...but its not a continuous cord...just like we would
chain scsi devices. I know that one advantage of firewire over USB is the
longer possible (15 ft) cord length.  I'd suggest using a hub and trying to
move your equipment a little closer or maybe look into USB to ethernet
adapters...but I don't have any experience using these with printers.  I do
use a parallel to ethernet print server for my 7000 which is a considerable
distance from my workstation...but these are expensive and I'm not sure how
you would use one with the conventional epson driver (I've hear of someone
doing it with a PC...but not sure about a mac), I use that machine with a
3rd party RIP that supports ethernet.

Robert

On 8/14/02 8:58 AM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:

> I have a 10 foot cord, and haven't experienced any problems that I know about.
> 
> Does it say what kind of printing problems?
> 
> Jerry
> 
> MARK MAIO 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
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>> 
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>> unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same
>> page.
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Re: [Digital BW] USB cable length

2002-08-14 by Robert Morrison

Strung...?...how?...with a hub...or did you find some other type of adapter?

Robert
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> FWIW, I have strung to 6 foot cables together for my 1160 without any
> problems.
> 
> Doug

RE: [Digital BW] USB cable length

2002-08-14 by Doug Fisher

You can buy extension cables that have the right plugs at each end.

Doug
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To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] USB cable length


Strung...?...how?...with a hub...or did you find some other type of adapter?

Re: [Digital BW] USB cable length

2002-08-14 by Truman Prevatt

It probablly has to do with signal levels and transmission loss. Some of 
the cables are better quality - better shielding, gold contact surfaces 
and a more pure conducting medium. If you are going to run 15 feet use 
one of those.

Truman

Doug Fisher wrote:
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>You can buy extension cables that have the right plugs at each end.
>
>Doug
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