My Laptop has USB 3.0 Ports. I have USB Hub with 3.0 Ports. My HP LaserJet Printer 1020 Plus is not recognized by these USB 3.0 Ports as it requires USB 2.0 Port. I need USB Port convertor to connect Computer OR HUB with 3.0 Port on one side & HP Printer cable with USB 2.0 requirement.
I have USB 3.0 Port on My computer & HUB, MY HP printer requires USB 2.0 Port. Which converter can be used to connect Printer
- Thread starter pujaravs
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I'm having the same issue, everywhere online says it should be backwards compatible, but my printer isnt working and when I troubleshoot it it says its because its a 2.0 usb in a 3.0 usb drive. Will buying a new printer cable work or will that not work because the printer is made for a 2.0 usb?
Muzzammil22
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If you have a usb 3.0 cable and usb 2.0 port on the printer then it should work because usb 3.0 cables are backward compatible. But if you have usb 3.0 female port on printer (which in this case you do not have) it would have been a different scenario.
Also do check your printer specs
http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c00312638#AbT1
Also do check your printer specs
http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c00312638#AbT1
We have come across this anomaly a number times, i.e, incompatibility between USB 2.0 & USB 3.0.
Not only affecting printers, but other USB 2.0 devices as well which will refuse to operate when their USB 2.0 cable is connected to a USB 3.0 port. And a change in the cable affords no relief. But experience no difficulty when connected to a USB 2.0 port. And the "problem" USB 3.0 port is not a problem at all - other USB 2.0 devices will be happily compatible with it.
Yes, we're all aware that there is "backward compatibility" between USB 3.0 - USB 2.0. All the specifications and assorted "experts" tell us that. But this incompatibility DOES exist in our experience. Unusual - even rare - but it DOES happen.
Not only affecting printers, but other USB 2.0 devices as well which will refuse to operate when their USB 2.0 cable is connected to a USB 3.0 port. And a change in the cable affords no relief. But experience no difficulty when connected to a USB 2.0 port. And the "problem" USB 3.0 port is not a problem at all - other USB 2.0 devices will be happily compatible with it.
Yes, we're all aware that there is "backward compatibility" between USB 3.0 - USB 2.0. All the specifications and assorted "experts" tell us that. But this incompatibility DOES exist in our experience. Unusual - even rare - but it DOES happen.
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