Most printers don't come with the cable. It's sort of a gentleman's agreement between the printer mfr's and the resellers.
. You see, the dealers can't make anything on the printers so they generally try sell the cable as an add-on sale to a printer at a highly inflated price (~$20. for a 6' USB cable). You can go to newegg.com and look at the pix of the 1710. All it shows is the cd, manual, power cord and toner cart - no USB cable.
. If you need one, I happen to have an extra of the same Belkin Pro series 6' that the stores sell for $20. It's brand new sealed pkg. $11. shipped first class mail. LMK.
.bh.
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