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Re: Printer status 'unavailable'

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In message <6c54fdd552.david@david.wisnia.net>
          Dave Wisnia at home <david@wisnia.net> wrote:

> In message <6bc2eed552.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>
>           Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

>> In message <6c42cad552.pandc@pandcnelson.orpheusmail.co.uk>
>>           Peter & Chris Nelson <pandcnelson@orpheusmail.co.uk> wrote:

>>> Help - my printer seems to have lost contact with my Armini.  As it
>>> doesn't look Armini-specific, I'm posting here.
>>> 
>>> The printer is a Canon ip3500 ink-jet USB connected, which worked fine
>>> till a few days ago, using a RISC OS driver provided by some kind soul
>>> years ago.  Printer control on the icon-bar menu now shows the Status  as
>>> 'unavailable' whether the printer is on or off.  Replacing the USB  lead
>>> made no difference.  Connecting to another USB socket known to be  working
>>> made no difference.
>>> 
>>> I tried removing the printer from the Printer control panel and  installing
>>> it again as a new printer, but it then shows as parallel  connected
>>> (presumably the default) with USB greyed out.

>> If the Armini doesn't even see a USB printer, the next thing to try is
>> the USBinfo app, freely available from X-Ample Technology.  This shows
>> all USB devices; is the printer among them?

>> Perhaps you can try other USB devices in the sockets, to see if the
>> sockets work.

>> If you have any other computer, you can connect the printer to that
>> and see if the other computer recognises it.

>> Dave

> You need !prtset2usb from Ian Hamilton

> http://www.hamiltoni.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/


Dave,

Thanks for your help, see my reply to the other Dave.

I didn't know of !prtset2usb, but have now downloaded it to my 
Printing folder.

Peter.

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Printer status 'unavailable' Peter & Chris Nelson <pandcnelson@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 14:26 +0100
  Re: Printer status 'unavailable' Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2012-09-27 21:05 +0100
    Re: Printer status 'unavailable' Dave Wisnia at home <david@wisnia.net> - 2012-09-27 23:44 +0100
      Re: Printer status 'unavailable' Peter & Chris Nelson <pandcnelson@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 11:22 +0100
    Re: Printer status 'unavailable' Peter & Chris Nelson <pandcnelson@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 11:13 +0100

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