My Dad (now in his 90's) had a laptop with a USB printer. When it died, he got a replacement and shortly after phoned me to say he had trouble printing. I used TeamViewer and could not see the printer, but he assured me it was plugged in properly. Nothing I tried worked, but I was visiting a couple of weeks later....
….that was when I realised that a USB plug would fit perfectly into an Ethernet port.
A little bluetac and stickytape later and the problem should never recur
Biting the hand that feeds IT
