This is a case where you want to sure you get a Data cable not a charge only cable, no data syncing,
My tablet has usb C, my phone usb micro, my laptop usb A female, my thumb drives are all usb A male, I have a slew of cables and adapters
The most useful are the OTG cables, very short, micro male to usb A female,
And usb C to usb A female
OTG on the go. Cables let you connect a thumb drive to your android phone or tablet and play video or music from the thumb drive, or transfer files to the thumb drive memory stick, they are 100% connection compatible, easy data transfer
While USB C, specs do call for downward compatibility o usb 2 & usb 1,
You still need the old desktop to have the correct Driver installed for the printer, that's on the C port dock station or wifi or they will not communicate