Printer is few meters away from laptop docking station, how can I connect USB?

I would need perhaps 4-5m long USB cable to connect the laptop docking station to the printer at home. The USB cable is too short. Using Ethernet is not an option simply put. I can't move the laptop docking station closer to the printer or the printer closer to the docking station. So my question is, how can I fix this problem? Isn't there a maximum length on USB cables (as per its standard) which means we can't have a 4-5m long cable working reliably?

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