USB by default can't run that far.  If you want it hard wired with USB, you will need to purchase a USB cable with inline repeaters.  They can get very expensive, especially with the length you are talkng about, by the time you are done, it might be just as cheap for him to buy his own printer.
Is there a reason he can't also connect onto the printer via wireless?

Brian Cluff

On 03/24/2013 12:08 AM, Michael Havens wrote:

the deal is that my brother's computer doesn't have wireless so I need
to hardwire it to the printer. The cable needs to go across the room (15
ft)- into a wall mount- out of the house- under the house (50 ft)- into
the house- out of a wall mount- to his computer (10 ft). WOW. That is
longer than I thought.  that's around 75 feet long in total. hmmmmm....
I have an empty phone line (cat 3) there already could I use that?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Carruth, Rusty
<Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com
<mailto:Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com>> wrote:

    1 - maybe, depends upon the printer.

    2 - do you mean a computer into the printer, not a printer?  Then it
    is possible to make a cat5 cable into a USB cable, but you have to
    change the connectors on the end to be USB - probably not worth the
    effort.  If the printer has cat5 (what, RJ45?) jacks then just
    connect it to your network, again assuming the printer can do both.
      (Mine can - probably can do all 3 but I have wireless turned off
    on it so use usb and network)

    I've taken the liberty of adding 1 and 2 below.


    -----Original Message-----
    From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org
    <mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org> on behalf of
    Michael Havens
    Sent: Sat 3/23/2013 4:05 PM
    To: plug-discuss@phxlinux.org <mailto:plug-discuss@phxlinux.org>
    Subject: usb cord

    (1) I now run my printer wirelessly. can I also hard wire a computer
    into the
    printer? I think so but I want to make sure.

    (2) If you can hard wire a printer  (I think you mean computer, as I
    said above)
    into the printer as well can cat5 be used to make a usb cord?
    :-)~MIKE~(-:


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