Why dont printers come with a usb cable?

yeah! your right.. that is soo mad!! they are roughly £10 so not cheap..its a big con...

There is more than one way to connect a printer. Some can be hooked up to a network or hub, some need to go to parallel ports, and some are wireless, some are USB and some printers are used as stand alone copier or photo printing units. The companies cannot predict how you will be using the machine so they exclude the cable since it would be wasteful in many cases. That way you are also always getting the length you need when you do buy one.

i bought a epsom rx425 printer and the shop curry,s wanted £15 for the usb lead i said no thanks and went to a different shop and got the same lead for £2-50 s who kidding who .we brits getting screwed again

if a cable cost $1, Hp sales few millions of printers, make your own calculation

To save money; the printer market is EXTREMELY competitive right now and just a few dollars in price is important. I can remember when Black and Decker started putting cords on their new power tools that were only about eight inches long just to save a few cents on manufacturing cost! They rationalized it by claiming that most of the time customers were using an extension cord anyway. It was a STOO-PID decision and only lasted a year or two.

just anther con

my new one did i just bought it from best buy

They're basically just trying to save a couple of bucks because there's been a major price war between printer manufacturers lately. I agree it's dumb, though.

There is a simple answer to this. cable bought from major retailer eg PC world Price from £12.99 http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1566598541.1158338352@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccekaddileefleecflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&category_oid=-10280&category_name=%2fDSG%2fAccessories%2fCables%2fUSB+Cables&camp_id=null&page=ProductList&show_all=true&fm=14&sm=11&tm=undefined cable bought from ebuyer price £0.58 http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/search/?strSearch=&intCatID=24&bolShowAll=true&intSubcatUID=178 Most major retailer make massive profits selling you cables. I have it from a good source they make more money from cables and extended warantees than PC's Printers etc because of the competition.