Re: Parallel printer requires constant re-inserting into USB hub

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Thanks for the suggestions. The problem is the same whether I use a powered
or an unpowered hub. I'll try and see what happens if I plug the cable direct
into the laptop, rather than via a hub. However, I would be reluctant to keep
the printer plugged into the laptop directly. My Toshiba has two USB ports at
the back and two at the side. At the moment it sits on my desk most of the
time and the two ports at the back take the external mouse and the hub, into
which all my various peripherals are plugged. This works very well, apart
from the printer! It means that if I want to take my laptop away I only have
to remove the one lead. I wouldn't want to have a second lead to remove and
to have the printer lead cluttering things up by being inserted at the side.
I would in fact prefer the status quo, and fiddle about with the leads under
my desk.



"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

Alan pretty well covers it. However, I am wondering if the problem persists
with a direct connection between USB-parallel converter cable rather than
through the USB hub. As well, in this connection, I also wonder if the USB
hub is independently powered or draws its power from the USB port.
--

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007
PS
Please try to ignore the awful pun.

"rh0000" <rh0000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a Toshiba laptop running Vista home basic. I use an HP laserjet 1100
parallel printer which I plug (via a USB-to-parallel converter cable) into
a
USB hub which feeds into one of the USB ports on my laptop. Very often,
when
I try to print (Word document, web page, pdf file, anything) nothing
happens
until I remove the converter cable from the USB hub and then reconnect it.
After I have done this, the printer will then work fine from then on, but
will then stop working whenever I reboot the computer. If, when I reach
the
point at which "nothing happens", I remove and rejoin the converter cable
from the printer cable, or remove and rejoin the printer cable from the
printer, that doesn't solve the problem. And if I have an extension USB
cable
joining the USB hub to the converter cable, and remove and rejoin the
converter cable from the extension cable, that doesn't solve the problem
either. The only thing which works is removing the cable from the USB hub
and
then reinserting it, and this usually works every time. It's not a big
problem, but it's irritating to have to scrabble around about the cables.
Any
suggestions as to what is going on and how I might be able to get my
printer
to start each time without having to fiddle about with the leads?



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