Printers are one of those things that has never come with a cable. I remember even back in the 90s, you’d buy a new printer, and they’d ask “do you need a printer cable too?”. Back then they were parallel port cables, but the trend continued when printers adopted USB.
I always thought it was a blatant upsell conduit. Of course I need the cable. Can’t use the printer without it!
These days however, I’ve got so many printer cables including parallel port, USB-B, and ethernet, but I mostly print via wifi. Now I’m glad they don’t come with cables, and same with graphics cards, and even mobile phones.
Printers are one of those things that has never come with a cable. I remember even back in the 90s, you’d buy a new printer, and they’d ask “do you need a printer cable too?”. Back then they were parallel port cables, but the trend continued when printers adopted USB.
I always thought it was a blatant upsell conduit. Of course I need the cable. Can’t use the printer without it!
These days however, I’ve got so many printer cables including parallel port, USB-B, and ethernet, but I mostly print via wifi. Now I’m glad they don’t come with cables, and same with graphics cards, and even mobile phones.