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Your boss bought a new printer with a USB 3.0 port, and it came with a USB 3.0 cable. Your boss asks you: Will the printer work when I connect the printer’s USB cable into a USB 2.0 port on my computer?

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Yes, but at the USB 2.0 speed.

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Yes, is should work

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USB is widely adopted and supports both forward and backward compatibility. The USB 3.0 printer should work with the USB 2.0 computer. However, having a connection like this, the printer will only be able to work at the speeds of the computer’s USB 2.0. By default, USB is built to allow transfer speeds improvement with upgrades from previous generations while still maintaining compatibility between devices that are supported by them.

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