[tommytwotone]

Bit of a long shot this, but have just got hold of an HP Deskjet F4180 printer / scanner combo. Our excitement at its arrival was soon squashed by the fact that it doesn't come with the USB cable to connect to the PC 

Had a look on the net and it looks like a cable is going to be about £20, just wondering if anyone's got a spare they'd let me buy off them for a reasonable price?

Cheers in advance,

Tom

[underground]

Bit of a long shot this, but have just got hold of an HP Deskjet F4180 printer / scanner combo. Our excitement at its arrival was soon squashed by the fact that it doesn't come with the USB cable to connect to the PC 

Had a look on the net and it looks like a cable is going to be about £20, just wondering if anyone's got a spare they'd let me buy off them for a reasonable price?

Cheers in advance,

Tom

any idea what it looks like? Can't be many combinations so I probably have one for you....

[tommytwotone]

Cheers UG, I'm after a USB lead with something to plug into the following on the other end:



Hope that's some help - if you've got one let me know...

Cheers,

Tom

[underground]

Yep, got about 6 of them knocking about. Can you meet me in downtown Sheff one lunchtime?

[tommytwotone]

Certainly can - have PMed you...

[Jim]

TWENTY QUID!!!!

bloody hell, whoever wants that much for that cable is having a laugh.
I've got quite a lot of those cables lying about and all, mainly used for connecting USB ADSL modems.
Infact you could buy an USB ADSL modem for about £8 a get that cable with it, so not only saving £12 but getting a free USB modem.
Even better, get one off underground

[andy_e]

so not only saving £12 but getting a free USB modem.

With which you can have hours of endless fun, watching it freeze and crash your PC!

[dontfollowme]

May not be correct type: http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=a0511795&dgc=AF&cid=5212&lid=122756

78p delivered.

[Jim]

so not only saving £12 but getting a free USB modem.

With which you can have hours of endless fun, watching it freeze and crash your PC!

I've got 5 here, all different types, none have ever done anything but work fine

[andy_e]

Really? The one we got with tiscali a few years ago is utter dog shite, it crashes every computer it's been on.

[Jim]

have you not done the maths? 2+2=4. therefore its faulty
throw it away and give the lead to dontfollowme

[andy_e]

I used a different equation- 2+2+£50=decent router.

[Jim]

you must have money to burn. My decent wireless router was a mere £35

[andy_e]

You didn't buy yours from Tesco though.