Why do scanners come with USB cables and Printers don't ?

[13Gigatons]

Seems it's just a sad attempt to get people to buy overpriced cables at Best Buy and Circuit City.

 

[TechnoKid]

USB 2.0 cables are, what, about $3 shipped online for a 6 ft length, i dunno why they dont include them with the printer, prob because everyone has a different desktop layout, and would need different lengths.

 

[Mani]

1. Little to no margin on printers (sometimes even negative)

2. Has become standard practice in the industry for printers so customers expect it and printer manufacturers see no benefit to including it.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
USB 2.0 cables are, what, about $3 shipped online for a 6 ft length, i dunno why they dont include them with the printer, prob because everyone has a different desktop layout, and would need different lengths.

15 foot cable runs $4 shipped.

 

[Cobalt]

Mine came with a USB cable... But that might be because it's a combo fax/printer/scanner/coppier.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I have a Canon 950, and it came with cable. Maybe because I buy "upscale" printers compared to the 50 buck specials? I dunno.

 

[Colt45]

so they can burn the crap out of noobs that pay $25 for a printer cable

 

[Toastedlightly]

conspiracy.

I sell Tinfoil hats. They custom fit to your head. Only 100 dollars each.

 

[BillyBatson]

i dunno, i know some parallel printer cables use to cost a lot, our belkin one like 5 years ago was $25 but i dunno how much they went for online at the time. USB cables though even best buy will have a $10 cable which isn't much but it just seems sub $100 printers still don't come with cables yet a $50 scanner does? bah

 

[Calin]

USB cables are easier to make that parallel ones - just that if everyone sells printers without cables, there is no reason to start adding cables (a 1$ cost) into the package. Add that 1$ for hundreds of thousands of printers, and you get a nice bonus for the CEO

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I have a Canon 950, and it came with cable. Maybe because I buy "upscale" printers compared to the 50 buck specials? I dunno.

Bingo. People expect some sort of fantastic "deal" going with the cheapo model, not realizing that it's so cheap because they yanked out the cable, any decent amount of ink, paper, and extras. It's a throw-away printer. I have plenty of USB cables kicking around from other devices, I'm using an external harddrive cable on my PSC1210 right now, works fine.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
I have plenty of USB cables kicking around from other devices, I'm using an external harddrive cable on my PSC1210 right now, works fine.

Shens, how the hell did you get an external hard drive cable to work with a printer?

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Sphexi
I have plenty of USB cables kicking around from other devices, I'm using an external harddrive cable on my PSC1210 right now, works fine.

Shens, how the hell did you get an external hard drive cable to work with a printer?

Because it's a usb external hdd, is my guess.
/Mr. Obvious

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I remember when I worked at CompUSA I would tell people, if you by this printer, I'll sell you the cable for my cost. ($25-$30 retail cable was $3 at cost I told them it was $7). I did this because we had a Best Buy next door so we had to out sell them. I ended up selling a lot of printers to people, and the fact that they saved $20 on the cable, they would turna around and buy $20 in ink or paper or power stips ect, so in the end, we still made profit and made our sales numbers look better.
I also used to sell the 3 year warranty/printer cable/paper kits that were $50, for $25 if the person spent $50 in consumables.

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

Seems it's just a sad attempt to get people to buy overpriced cables at Best Buy and Circuit City.

I saw a guy bought a HP printer for $39 and the USB cable for $29 at Future Shop a few months ago.

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I have a Canon 950, and it came with cable. Maybe because I buy "upscale" printers compared to the 50 buck specials? I dunno.

I am pretty sure at staples we sold the i950 and it definitly didn't come with a cable. I actualy have never seen a canon come with one.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Sphexi
I have plenty of USB cables kicking around from other devices, I'm using an external harddrive cable on my PSC1210 right now, works fine.

Shens, how the hell did you get an external hard drive cable to work with a printer?

hahahahahahahahahah

oh man.

this is great.

hahahahahahaha

 

[So]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Sphexi
I have plenty of USB cables kicking around from other devices, I'm using an external harddrive cable on my PSC1210 right now, works fine.

Shens, how the hell did you get an external hard drive cable to work with a printer?

hahahahahahahahahah

oh man.

this is great.

hahahahahahaha

:laugh:

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: cobalt
Mine came with a USB cable... But that might be because it's a combo fax/printer/scanner/coppier.

so did i. But then i also wanted a USB printer. I had my Samsung laser printer hooked up with the printer cable. So i made sure my HP PSC 2110xi was USB. jus twish i would would have gotten one with a fax machine.

But i got a HP laserjet 5si (for $15!WOOT!) wich is a network printer so i now have a free printer port! yeah!


My father closed up a small car dealership he owned in town. They had a really nice HP all in one laser machine. Really really nice. hopeing he will give it me for cheap!

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: cobalt
Mine came with a USB cable... But that might be because it's a combo fax/printer/scanner/coppier.

so did i. But then i also wanted a USB printer. I had my Samsung laser printer hooked up with the printer cable. So i made sure my HP PSC 2110xi was USB. jus twish i would would have gotten one with a fax machine.

But i got a HP laserjet 5si (for $15!WOOT!) wich is a network printer so i now have a free printer port! yeah!


My father closed up a small car dealership he owned in town. They had a really nice HP all in one laser machine. Really really nice. hopeing he will give it me for cheap!

I have the HP PSC 2210 all-in-one.

 

[Baked]

Because dumb people will buy $30 USB cables?