[G4] USB cable, connect digital camera to photo-printer?

[B Yen]

I looked at the connector on the 7960, & it's clearly a USB female.  Isn't a USB
just signal & GND?  I think it should work, unless the voltages are incompatible
(that way, it could cause things to blow up).


BY

Michael wrote:

> on 3/15/05 04:21 PM, B Yen at byen00 at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>    DON"T DO IT, you could kill your Digital camera, as I did.  The pin outs
> on the HP digital cams are different, it can reverse poles, + to - , or over
> load the cameras cpu with way to much voltage. I have a HP potosmart 7350
> and it FrenchFried a Vivitar 3826 VivaCam.
>    The printer still seems to work ok, card reader too. Thank goodness the
> vivitar was only a week old and went back to get replaced, with no problem
> from the company.
>
>       Michael
>
> >
> > A USB cable between a printer & computer usually has a "square" connector on
> > one end, a standard "flattish" connector on the other end.
> >
> > My digital camera (Casio EX-Z50) has a female "square" connector in its
> > docking station.  I want to print directly to the printer (HP 7960), which
> > also has a female "square" connector near the memory-card slots.  So, I need
> > a USB cable, which has 2 male "squarish" connectors..one on each end.
> >
> > Is there such a USB cable?  Someon told me..NO.  The HP rep tells me, only a
> > HP camera can print directly to the HP printer (I still don't believe
> > this).  I can pull out the SD card from the EX-Z50, plug it into the
> > printer's slot, & print from that.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >
> > B Yen
> > http://www.jumplive.com
> >
>
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