https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Scanners/USB-cable-for-CanoScan-9950f/m-p/369453#M436 <P>I've just started using my CanoScan 9950f again after a long hiatus.</P><P>Could not get the scanner and computer to connect. Think I tried everything until I switched from the 6 Feet (1.8 Meters) USB cable to a 2 Feet (0.6 Meters) cable. Now it worked.</P><P>The shorter one is the original cable that came with the scanner.</P><P>Question: Is the shorter one a Canon proprietary version or is the long one simply too long?</P><P>Using the 2 Feet cable is really stretching it (literally) so it would be nice to know if if other length and/or manufacturers can be used.</P> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:13:14 GMT Pontus54 2022-04-20T06:13:14Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Scanners/USB-cable-for-CanoScan-9950f/m-p/369453#M436 <P>I've just started using my CanoScan 9950f again after a long hiatus.</P><P>Could not get the scanner and computer to connect. Think I tried everything until I switched from the 6 Feet (1.8 Meters) USB cable to a 2 Feet (0.6 Meters) cable. Now it worked.</P><P>The shorter one is the original cable that came with the scanner.</P><P>Question: Is the shorter one a Canon proprietary version or is the long one simply too long?</P><P>Using the 2 Feet cable is really stretching it (literally) so it would be nice to know if if other length and/or manufacturers can be used.</P> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:13:14 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Scanners/USB-cable-for-CanoScan-9950f/m-p/369453#M436 Pontus54 2022-04-20T06:13:14Z