I bought a printer today and I opened the box and theres no cable and it says it needs a cable to connect to my computer. Where can I buy the cable and what type do I need?
Sadly you’ve come across one of the cost cutting measures printer manufacturers have turns to: not including the USB cable. It used to be included everywhere because it’s something you need but now you have to buy that separately and stores put a gigantic markup on those cables.
What you need is the USB data cable and it will look similar to the image to the right. Now most big box retail stores will significantly over charge you for this tiny guy so I’d recommend just going to your neighboorhood dollar store. With USB cables you won’t see any difference in quality or speed and people have used cheap cables for years. Besides if for some reason it doesn’t work your only out a buck.
The Fake Geek