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You can connect your USB printer by following a few easy steps: 1  Plug in the printer, and ensure that itâs turned off. Also, set up the printer with ink and paper and all that other good stuff, according to the directions that came with the printer. 2  Connect a USB cable to the printer and to your laptop. 3  Turn on the printer.
But bear in mind that USB-enabled printers require specific cables to make the connection, and that not just any USB cable will do. The standard type of printer cable in use with todayâs printers is called an AB cable. On one end of the cable, you have a USB-A plug. This is the familiar flat, rectangular end that fits into your computerâs USB port. The other end of the AB cable contains a USB-B plug, which is smaller and square. This is the end that plugs into the printerâs USB port.