For a small business, printing documents can create a bottleneck as you wait for each print job to make it through the printing queue. Using a USB connector for your printers can help speed up the ...

The issue, which affects Windows 10 version 1903 and newer, can happen when users connect a printer via USB and then shut down Windows and disconnect or shut off the printer. "When you start Windows ...

If I don't run anything, it prints at the printer's "max" speed. <BR><BR>I'd imagine if the data is bottlenecking due to the parallel port, then you'd see an improvement going with the USB cable. I ...

The D-Link DP-301U is a little gizmo that lets you share a USB printer on your home or office network. That means no longer leaving a PC running 24-7 just to share its printer. Rick Broida Senior ...

If your USB-C device isn't charging, I always consider this quick fix first ...

Printer ports are used to differentiate and separate the printers connected to a computer. Printers are usually assigned a printer port by default – for example, a TCP/IP port for a network printer or ...

This simple device allows two computers to share a single USB printer or some other USB device, such as an external flash drive, memory card reader or scanner. A rotary switch selects the PC that you ...

I work tech support for a medium company which is highly geographically spread out. In a site which is about 2.5 hours away, I have been stumped. The other IT person and I have been working on this ...

If you’ve been unable to print to a USB printer with Windows 10, it’s not just you: Microsoft is currently wrestling with a bug under that exact scenario. Microsoft first acknowledged the bug on July ...

Microsoft says that USB printer port will not be available for customers with devices running Windows 10, version 1903 or later if they disconnect the printer while shutting down the computer. After ...