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susandennisThis printer thing is making me crazy. I woke up at 4:15 this morning stressing about it. I just cannot believe how this thing is kicking my ass. Besides need the occasional hard copy and scanning capabilities every now and again, it's a matter of pride.
About 5:15 I had a bit of a light bulb... I could try installing it on my little Fujitsu Lifebook. That would test both the printer and the cable.
So I did. I didn't bother to dig out and hook up the external DVD drive to install all of the crap on the CD. I just downloaded the print drivers and the twain drivers and installed them. I got some error messages and it was a bit of a cluster fuck, but I got them all installed and rebooted and BAM! I have printer and I have scanner.
Halefuckingloooya!!
So. It's not the printer. It's not the cable. I'm 99% certain it's not the USB 1.1 pci hub or the USB 2.0 pci hub or the USB ports built into the machine. My prime suspect is Windows XP - or at least as it currently lives on this desktop.
But, I think I'm going to take today off. Probably next weekend, I'll get back on the project. I think I'll start with replicating the install I did on the Lifebook - drivers only from the website. Failing that, I'll try Microsoft telephone support. Failing that, I'll reinstall XP on this machine. I probably should do a clean install but maybe I can buy a year or two with a reinstall.
Meanwhile, here's what started this whole thing. I wanted a digital version of Jake's baby picture. August, 1989. Can you stand the cuteness?
About 5:15 I had a bit of a light bulb... I could try installing it on my little Fujitsu Lifebook. That would test both the printer and the cable.
So I did. I didn't bother to dig out and hook up the external DVD drive to install all of the crap on the CD. I just downloaded the print drivers and the twain drivers and installed them. I got some error messages and it was a bit of a cluster fuck, but I got them all installed and rebooted and BAM! I have printer and I have scanner.
Halefuckingloooya!!
So. It's not the printer. It's not the cable. I'm 99% certain it's not the USB 1.1 pci hub or the USB 2.0 pci hub or the USB ports built into the machine. My prime suspect is Windows XP - or at least as it currently lives on this desktop.
But, I think I'm going to take today off. Probably next weekend, I'll get back on the project. I think I'll start with replicating the install I did on the Lifebook - drivers only from the website. Failing that, I'll try Microsoft telephone support. Failing that, I'll reinstall XP on this machine. I probably should do a clean install but maybe I can buy a year or two with a reinstall.
Meanwhile, here's what started this whole thing. I wanted a digital version of Jake's baby picture. August, 1989. Can you stand the cuteness?
