Re: XP Keeps Adding Multiple Instances of Same Printers
- From: "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <alanmo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:41:00 -0700
Epson has some printers that do not contain a serial ID. When the device
does not have the serial ID tag, a Plug and Play event (power cycle the hub
or the printer) cannot determine that the device is not the same one that
was previously installed.
What printer do you have?
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Alan Morris
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"XP_User_in_Key_West" <XP_User_in_Key_West@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:7BD849CD-A130-4D92-ABEA-50D928EE4660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
XP keeps adding multiple instances of the same printer (in other words,
re-installing printers already installed). Thus, I get things like
"Printer
A", Printer A (Copy 1)", Printer A (Copy 2)" et cetera. This becomes an
issue because anything that refers to the printer by name (like a Word
macro)
now cannot find the right printer. These are all USB connected via a USB
hub. I THINK (but am not certain) that this generally happens following
power related events even though everything is on the same UPS.
Is there a way to prevent XP from spontaneously re-installing printers?
.
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