How far can you extend a USB Barcode Scanner
By: POSGuys - 1/22/2016

<h1>How far can you extend a USB Barcode Scanner?</h1>
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**<font size = "+3">TLDR: about 30 feet**</font>

If your cable for your barcode scanner isn't quite long enough you can use a male to female extension cable to get a bit more length out of the cable.  These cables come in different lengths from a couple of feet to ten feet or more.  Keep in mind though that the cable can only go so long before there is not enough current to power the cable and/or the scanner can no longer communicate with the computer.

In our testing we were able to go out around 28 feet for a presentation [DS4800 Barcode Scanner][1] and 31 feet for a triggered [LI2208 handheld scanner][2].  We initially used five x five foot extension cables and one three foot extension cable, and then added on one more three foot extension cable for the LI2208.

We also tested if it was the cable length or if it was the number of cables and replaced two of the five foot extensions with three of the three foot extensions, the three shorter extensions worked just as well as the two longer extensions.

Overall we would not recommend daisy chaining cables together this way, if you need increased range away from the computer we recommend getting a bluetooth barcode scanner like the highly rated [Symbol LI4278][3].

[1]: https://posguys.com/barcode-reader-scanner_3/Symbol-DS4800_2363/
  [2]: https://posguys.com/barcode-reader-scanner_3/Symbol-LI2208_1328/
  [3]: https://posguys.com/barcode-reader-scanner_3/Symbol-LI4278_1212/

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