Rich, Are you sure that the connectors are micro USB? "micro USB" is a very specific design, there are other variants of USB that are a similar size but not actually called "micro".
According to the online manual for Brother (and the fact that no phone sold in the past 5 years has a micro USB port) I suspect that you are looking for the wrong adapter. wikipedia has a decent table showing the different port specs and their names/features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB -Ben On Monday, November 4th, 2024 at 10:20 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > The Brother ADS-1800W portable scanner runs on USB power. I assume my > desktop provides power over a USB port, and my Lenovo ThinkPad-T430 has 2 > USB 2 ports, of which one provide power. The scanner comes with a cable that > has a male micro usb plug on each end (the plugs are the same size as the > ones that fit in my mobile phone.) > > Looking on Amazon I found a micro usb female to usb a male adapter, but one > reviewer said that it would not pass power, which capability is needed by > the scanner. > > I'd appreciate suggestions for a brand or source for this adapter which will > provide power to the scanner from a computer. > > TIA, > > Rich
