USB Extension Cable

Here's Lyn explaining to his supervisor why he wasn't able to buy a 10 foot USB cable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFvujknrBuE

Look, I wasted 53 minutes of my life trying to buy a 10 foot UFD extension cable today at two different retail outlets. One even said, yes, we have it. They didn't.

I moved to a new office today and need a longer cable.

Now, until I get this cable, I'll have to walk 30 feet to use the common printer.

I make as many as 3 or 4 copies every day.

What to do?

Get a bicycle?

Try spelling USB "USB" and not "UFD"???

Why a longer cable? Why not roller skates?

...or a chair with castors on each leg?

If by "common" you mean "communal", then the answer to printer sharing is not a plait of USB cables but a networked printer. There are adapters for converting any USB printer to work over a network.
Of course, you will still have to walk the distance to pick up the results :(

What we have here is failure to communicate, or more correctly failure to comprehend.

The common printer is shared by everyone, wirelessly, already.

The printer in question is my office printer that is not shared.

One printer, one USB cable, that's it.

The problem was solved yesterday, by moving the printer closer to the PC. No extension cable required, thank you.

Network both printers? Rearrange the office to position the printer closer to the computer?

What part of, "the problem was solved yesterday" do you not comprehend?

Well, it took you 4 emails to get to the right answer and it took me only 2 :)

OK,

If you say so.

Ebay is your friend, alteratively try Newark

USB Cable 3M (10ft)

USB A Plug to Recepticle

You'll have to run a short male to male cable onto the extension cable, couldn't find in the short time I have available a direct Male to male USB cable. Plenty of different gender USB A/B leads

As you know USB has similar distance issues as RS 232.

I went to Walmart tonight.

They didn't have any. Any length.

Can someone bring to my work a 10' ufd extension cord and drop it off? I'll PM my address to you if you can. I'll buy lunch.

Otherwise, I'll have to hike to the printer WAY over there.←

Buy it online and it ships to Walmart for free.

Another reason for the 16' is the I²R losses in the two power conductors on a USB cable.

The original USB spec stipulates a minimum of 4.75 volts at the device end (USB 2.0 and 3.0 allow lower voltages, ie greater losses from the host to the device). It also allows for up to 0.5 amps. That much current through small wires can lead to significant voltage drop at the device end.

USB cable manufacturers allow for the power conductor size to vary from 28 AWG to 20 AWG to accommodate lower losses at longer lengths. I calculate the drop across 16' of 28 AWG with 0.5 Amps through it to be 0.52 volts. At 20 AWG, 16' is only 80mV, but that's a pretty thick cable for a printer! Of the cables that I've cut open, the biggest power conductor was 24 AWG.

The length limit also makes testing USB devices in an RF chamber a little dicey. The particular test lab that I worked with had a 50 ft extension from the table at the center of the lab out to the workbench outside. We placed our host PC there and the device under test inside so as to measure only emissions from the device and not the PC. For our device this was not an issue.

What a perfect excuse to get a Segway, and you can write it off as a business expense.....it's a win win situation.....

Maybe even do a little jousting on the weekends....

.....or Segway polo....

....join a local gang......

.....challenge Evel Knievel to daring feats of courage....

You beat me to it. After the bicycle comment, my suggestion was to be a Segway.

Waaaaay cooler than a bicycle.

Have you tried Allied?

http://www.alliedelec.com/wire-cable/cable-assemblies/

Tigerdirect has them, they even have one that is 65' long.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=77&name=USB-Cables&cm_re=Cables-_-Spot%2006-_-USB%20Cables

All this is for a wireless printer!

"There is no demand for them sir..... And, every time we get some in they sell out really quickly."

I used to have a boss who was about 6' 4" square: his hands were so big he couldn't use a computer keyboard because the ends of his fingers covered much more than one key. Fortunately he was a really nice bloke otherwise I dread to think what might have happened to the salesman who gave him the above reply when he asked if they had a jumper in his size.

Have your guys move your desk closer to the printer. You shouldn't have to get up at all to print something. I don't want you passing out on us.

They put him at the other end of the room for a reason!

Well, I've decided to order on-line and just wait for the thing to ship.

Interesting, I was not aware that 16' is the practical limit for USB length.

Everything I have at home is wireless and I've always had the luxury of a staff IT person at the jobs I've held over the years, until this one. With a total staff of 9 people, we have to call a contractor when we can't handle the problem.

Thanks for the help guys!

Ok Kids,

I'm solving this problem by using a 16x16x16 steel box as a table and putting the printer within reach of my chair and the PC. My printer is 16x16.

I had the steel box left over from a statue exhibit that we did 5 years ago.

The walls are 1/4 inch thick, so I think it can support the printer.

Thanks again for the help.

What is the color of this box, please?

Faded Hunter Green on the outside, rust inside.

No spiders.

eggs box....

The Two Ronnies knew about those...

Move the ugly green box closer to your desk.

The green box has negated my need for an extenson cord. I didn't have the green box, to begin with, thus my need for the cord, since my printer was across the room then.

It allowed me to place my printer within 6 feet of the pc, where I can reach it without getting up from my chair.

I see said the blind carpenter as he picked up his hammer and saw. Good work.

You might want to adorn that box with the new KrisDel ® Hanging File.....Under $200 if you act soon.....

I had your problem and solved it by replacing the potential chain of cables by simply buying a 15 foot USB cable (A male to B male) and using it. It was available locally and the 15 foot cable was cheaper than an extension cord of any length locally. It also has the advantage that the connectors between the regular cable and the extension cable can not become unplugged when I move equipment around. This always happens at the most inconvenient time and the hardest to get to places. (Murphy's Law) Also makes it more difficult for someone to "borrow" the cable for their own use!

When I have the lead-time available I now mail order them from Tiger Direct. Much cheaper but you have to wait a few days.

Good Luck, Old Salt

One of these days I am going to deliver myself of a rant on the proliferation of acronyms -starting with the Rand Corporation and the Polaris submarine. As everyone knows, "USB" is the acronym for "upper sideband".

So what we have here is an HF USB LAN.

The OP has simply failed to properly introduce his computer to the printer.

ITS OBVIOUS THIS IS A HOMEWORK QUESTION. WE WANT TO REMIND YOU SIR, THIS IS A SERIOUS TECHNICAL WEBSITE. ALSO, YOU DID NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR A KNOWLEDGABLE ANSWER.

They are called Heely's

You typed more characters in posting the question than it would have taken to do the search.

I typed

usb extension cable

into google, and quite literally the very FIRST entry was a 10foot USB cable at Amazon.

You will find it!

Copy file to memory stick, attach stick to missile, launch missile to subordinate, have subordinate print file.....