Re: using usb port 2
- From: matt <stirfrey@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:37:05 -0600
Windows plug and play, pnp for short, is a windows service for installing new hardware. So in your case when you plug your printer in pnp creates a usb virtual port, assigns it a number, and makes it available for your printer. I don't know the details, but thats the over view. The port number that windows is assigning for your printer to use has nothing to do with what physical usb port you plug the cable into. It has more to do with how many usb printers you have. So lets say you have 8 usb ports and one usb printer. No matter which of the physical usb ports you choose to plug into, your printer will always be assigned to usb001. Now lets say you get a second usb printer. When you plug that one it it will be assigned usb002. This again will have nothing to do with which physical usb port you plug the cable into. Even if you unplug the cable and plug it into another usb port, it will get the same port number in windows. In the background somewhere windows maps the physical and virtual ports together. this actually makes things simpler because if you decide you want to plug your printer into a different port you just move the cable, no further configuration required.
In your case it looks like things are working. You should be able to install the printer just fine. If it still doesn't work I would start looking elsewhere for the problem. What other issues are you having with it?
maf
Mikel wrote:
Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I have two usb ports on my computer, 1 and 2. I want to plug the printer into 2. When I "Add a Printer" and it asks which port to connect to (LPT1, LPT2, USB001, etc.) it doesn't have USB002. How do I connect it to that usb port that's on my machine?
Also I'm not sure what "PnP need to add one for you" means.
Thanks Mikel
"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
PnP need to add one for you. There is not a way through the spooler to add a USB port.
-- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
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"Mikel" <Mikel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0B8A518D-B580-4D0E-9FE9-1C12C1238835@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
When installing a printer my usb001 is broken so I'm trying to use USB002 but
it doesn't come up as a port choice when installing new printer. All I get is
USB001. I need USB002. Any help?
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