Re: Printer status 'unavailable'

From	Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: Printer status 'unavailable'
Date	2012-09-27 21:05 +0100
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          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

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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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