How to check the printer's USB socket?

Question

USB

There is a printer, it has a USB socket (type B), and the socket, as I understand it, is of an outdated type, when the legs are not on the same common plastic, but hang in the air, which makes them mobile and prone to bending when the USB cable is connected inaccurately. More details in the picture: i80.fastpic.ru/big/2016/0818/82/dfb8d5827f4025f85c...
The essence of the problem is that when the cable is connected to the socket, the computer does not see the printer. In this case, the connection is made in advance with a working cable. I was given the task of diagnosing the USB socket without disassembling the printer. I must say right away that the Data + leg was bent and straightened with tweezers, because of which, in special cases, it was possible to install power (legs + 5V and GROUND), but the computer reported an unknown device, due, as I see it, to an unsuccessful closure of Data- and Data + .
I’ll even clarify my question - maybe it’s better not to just suffer, but to solder this socket to a new one, with a common plastic base for the legs?

Answer 1

as I understand it, an outdated model, when the legs are not on the same common plastic, but hang in the air,

It's not outdated, it's broken.

Answer 2

Of course, change the connector, what questions can there be?

Answer 3

Yes, it's better to solder a normal socket.