[G4] USB Port compatibility? 1.1 computer to 2.0 printer

[John Erdman]

Thanks,  I understood that to be the case...   My question is.... will 
a USB 2.0 device work at any speed from a USB 1.1 hub?

tks,
John



On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 05:08 PM, sr ferenczy wrote:

> i would believe USB 2.0 to be backwards compatible with USB 1.1, as if 
> you have a USB 2.3 hub, and have a USB 1.1 device connected to it, all 
> peripherals will run at the 1.1 speed.
>
> sandor
>
> On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 02:56  PM, John Erdman wrote:
>
>> My personal ink jet printer just died. It was hooked to my computer 
>> (G4 AGP Sawtooth 400 MHz) via USB. As I've been shopping for a 
>> replacement, I've noticed that most of the new ones have USB 2.0 
>> connections.
>>
>> I understand that if one has a USB 2.0 port on the computer that it 
>> is backward compatible to 1.1.  appliances.   How about the other 
>> direction?  Can I feed a USB 2.0 from a old USB port?  Obviously for 
>> the ink jet I don't need the blazing speed of a 2.0 port.
>>
>> Or will I have to invest in a USB 2.0 PCI card?   Any suggestions for 
>> that, if I have to?
>>
>> Thanks
>> John