[GRLUG] Windows USB printing

[Eric Beversluis]

      * On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 10:10 -0500, Eric Beversluis 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.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
Rebooted with printer disconnected.

The problem is, there doesn't seem to be anything to "uninstall" or to
"reinstall" since Devices and Printers doesn't show a Brother HL-1440
after I uninstalled the three "copies." So where is Word picking up its
"copy" of the printer (with no "copy" number)? And how do I uninstall it
or get anything out of its print queue?

....
Now it's choosing to print from that printer. But the printer is still
not showing up in Devices and Printers... ????



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