I found some info on the Internet which seems to indicate that while a USB1 cable should work for USB2, there might be poorly made USB1 cables which won't.
"The original USB 1.1 cable standard is sufficient for USB 2.0 use if the cable maker adheres to the standard. The trouble is that cable makers found that they could cheat on the standard and it would still work with USB 1.1. These cheap cables fail with USB 2.0. While many cables have "High Speed" or "Ver. 2.0" written on the insulation, there are many cables without such writing that do meet the standard and work fine. Actually, any cable that meets the USB-IF's specs for USB v1.1 is also USB 2.0-capable. The USB-IF never issued any updated specs specific to USB 2.0. The trouble is that there are a lot of cables out there that do not even meet USB 1.1 spec." Richard P. >>Wish to note that there is nothing in the printer start up guide that says >>you need a USB 2 cable, and not sure why anyone would simply assume that >>this is known, given that a lot of people must be in the similar position of >>replacing printers or other devices that ran on 1.0 cables. > > I know that it is hard to deny something that your have personally > experienced, but there is nothing in the standard that would make an old > USB 1 cable not work with USB 2. USB is just two twisted pairs with a > particular type of connector. USB 2 added some new (tiny) connector types > to the standard and increased the length of the cable from 3 to 5 metres. > Nothing that would make an old cable not work. Perhaps your old cable had > a defect? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
