Specifically, some Brother printers won't detect PCs when connected through a USB cable. Issues have also been spotted when trying to change a Brother printer's settings from a Windows 11 PC.

If you have a wired printer that you want to connect to your Windows 11/10 PC, you can do so via the native Printer and Scanner settings. Here's how!

You can print on a Mac computer either wirelessly or with a USB cable. Here's how to set up a wired or wireless printer on your Mac and print files.

Would there be a noticable speed advantage to using the USB hookup instead of Parallel? The printer I'm buying doesn't come with a USB cable and I'm not going to pay $20 for one if it's not worth it.

Is this possible? I have a laser printer, but it has only has usb output to the computer. However, i have a router that has a parallel print server port on it. Is there a cable or adapter that ...

To use it, you first need to add your printer to the PC if you haven't already. You can do this by plugging the printer in with a cable or connecting it to the same Wi-Fi network as your PC.

If it's a USB-A to USB-C or Micro-B cable, try connecting your smartphone or camera to a computer -- you'll know instantly if it's a cable that can accommodate data transfer.