there's no such thing "officially" as USB 1 & USB 2 cables... what
you have is just a variety of build qualities from manufacturer to
manufacturer - some cables that range from over-engineered pieces
of overpriced marketing (bigger, better, faster, stronger, higher
markup - think Monster Audio cables) through to "what we threw
together from the floor scraps"
I've got USB cables that look like high quality Firewire cables but
will fall back to USB 1 on an external drive... but I've also got a
cable that came with my Canon camera that looks like vermicelli
pasta that handles USB2 no problems
only way to tell if it's USB 2 compatible is plug it in to a USB 2
device and see if it can handle USB 2
I have a collection of USB cables, some from their age must be USB-1
but others almost certainly USB-2.
1. Am I correct that either type will work with USB-1 or
USB-2 devices or ports but performance will revert to USB-1 if a
USB-1 cable is used?
2. How can I identify the two types? Are the fairly stiff
cables with silver braid in a clear plastic coating USB-2?
This issue arose from the arrival and installation of a FujiXerox
C525A color laser printer, purchased following recommendations from
several members - good advice I believe! I like it, though the less
than instant startup for the first page seems slow after an inkjet.
All worked straight off too on our three Leopard/Tiger machines on a
hybrid wireless/ethernet intranet. It is plugged into the USB port
on the Airport Extreme box and I merely stripped out the old printer
drivers, installed the Tiger ones and away I went. The Leopard
driver was already there in the Leopard install.
Thanks to all for the good tips
Severin Crisp
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