[GRLUG] Windows USB printing

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:24:06AM -0500, Ben Rousch wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Eric Beversluis
> <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> > Does anyone understand the logic by which Windows handles USB printing?
> >
> > I had three copies of my Brother HL1440 printer showing in devices and
> > printers and none of them would print. I deleted all of them. Now my
> > print dialog in Word (2007) shows 1 Brother HL1440 printer, but it
> > doesn't show up at all in Devices and Printers. And it won't print.
> >
> > It seems to have something to do with the particular USB port one first
> > plugged the printer into. But now I've deleted all those copies--why
> > does Word still show an HL1440 printer but then refuse to work with it?
> >
> > I've tried rebooting but that doesn't seem to help. Windows doesn't even
> > perceive the printer when I plug it in.
>
> Have you tried plugging it into a Linux box to make sure the printer
> actually works?

That made me laugh out loud.  I remember the days when one would suggest
the opposite.  "Have you made sure the hardware works in Windows first?"
Linux has come a long way in fifteen years.
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john-thomas
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