What is the maximum length of the cable of printer?

Answer 1

It depends on the TYPE of interface, meaning, if it's a USB cable it can only be a MAXIMUM of 5 Meters long.

However, USB repeaters can be bought for about $20 that extend that cable 16ft. You can piggyback the repeaters but this is expensive. 36ft cables A-B also exist for about $45. In extreme cases you can also buy a USB over CAT5 adapters that will send that signal up to 350ft! These retail around $80 and your average CAT5 cable is $20-40 for a 100ft to 350ft length.

IEEE1284 DB25 to Cenntronics (Old Style) cables come in 100ft lengths however there are 5 standards of communication SPP, ECP, EPP etc... the higher speeds dont like being extended past 25ft but this varies due to cable impedance and controler output.

It may be wise to use a USB over CAT5 extender and then a USB to Centronics adapter if this needed to be longer then 50ft.

I have been selling these solutions for the past 15years and know I am right. =)

Answer 2

Its about 6 feet standard for the older printers, but you can get it in any size you want, shorter or longer. Also most of the new printers no longer use printer cable, they now use usb and some even have wireless access points installed in them

Answer 3

The maximum length for a parallel cable is 15 feet. The maximum length for USB is also 15 feet, but with powered hubs in between, you can stretch the distance to about 90 feet.