I've been struggling with communication errors with my HP all-in-one printer for a while. I can't believe he could go deaf and semi-blind Together with my 75 year old husband I searched and found a good quality printer/data cable and decided to give it a try. Nice looking cable, appears to be well constructed. It is slightly thinner than the vinyl coated version. In fact, the cloth wrap is quite attractive. Too bad it's hidden behind the table. I plugged it in, started the old computer, tested the scanner and VIOLA! It works out. Now. Do you have something I can hook up to my husband that also works?