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eliza.block@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a Canon printer that fits on a shelf with its back to the wall.
> Canon very kindly recessed the jack for the power cord, so that you
> can plug it in and still have the back of the printer flush with the
> wall. However, they were not so kind with the USB input jack, which
> is only very slightly recessed. The effect is that when I plug in the
> USB cable so as to attach the printer to my computer, I have to move
> the printer nearly an inch away from the wall at which point it
> starts teetering off the shelf.
Altho' I don't have any USB devices or cables connected to anything, my
understanding is that the 'typical' USB configuration is that the host
computer's USB connectivity is a USB-B receptacle, and that the printer
device USB is a USB-A receptacle, so that the typical cable which has a
plug on each end has a USB-A plug on one end and a USB-B plug on the
other end. A is flatter than B if you haven't looked at any diagrams.
Thus, the adapter 'device' you would want for turning the corner
economically would be a USB-B plug L-shaped USB-B receptacle, and then
use your current cable. Or, alternatively, to buy a cable which is
USB-A plug on one end to L-shaped USB-B plug on the other end. My
search target would be the former rather than the latter.
> I'm sure this is a common problem,
> and I'm wondering if there's a USB cord I could buy with a sort of
> upside-down L-shaped prong to stick in the printer, so it hooks in
> and then immediately bends so the cord is vertical, rather than
> sticking horizontally into the wall.
I'm pretty sure I'm grokking the picture you are painting, but I suspect
that you may be overestimating how common the problem is.
> (The end that needs to be bent is the one that sticks into the
> printer, not the computer, so it's the sort of squarish side rather
> than the flat wide side.)
Aha! You do recognize the A-B business.
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Mike Easter
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