Lazy chooser
Hello,
On 9.2.2 with Epson Photo 810 I got a problem of printing.
The problem is that the chooser is losing the printer port. I open the
chooser and mark the printer icon in the left pane, then on the right
pane the port printer, in my case iMac 800, the usb port is seen and highlighted.
My problem: from time to time the ability to print vanished. I send a
pile to backup printing, or to direct printing, and after the document
is spooling, no printing happens. Then, after rebooting, the USB port
reappears on the right pane, and I can printing again. After few
moments, and working with other applications, and trying once again to
print, problems, and I have to reboot again.
I have reinstalled the printer software several times, from the original
CD, and from d/led drivers from Epson site. To no avail.
Any help is welcomed.
Raymond
On 9.2.2 with Epson Photo 810 I got a problem of printing.
The problem is that the chooser is losing the printer port. I open the
chooser and mark the printer icon in the left pane, then on the right
pane the port printer, in my case iMac 800, the usb port is seen and highlighted.
My problem: from time to time the ability to print vanished. I send a
pile to backup printing, or to direct printing, and after the document
is spooling, no printing happens. Then, after rebooting, the USB port
reappears on the right pane, and I can printing again. After few
moments, and working with other applications, and trying once again to
print, problems, and I have to reboot again.
I have reinstalled the printer software several times, from the original
CD, and from d/led drivers from Epson site. To no avail.
Any help is welcomed.
Raymond
Comments
Please answer my question and how to resolve my problem
Raymond
hope it'll help you.
I wish mine was yours.
As I wrote in my initial post: when clicking on the printer icon on the left, the USB port icon, on the right pane, does not appear, in my case.
My question is why and what can be done.
So the good answer you got is not my luck. I can get the USB port icon only after rebooting.
It is strange.
I wish someone could have helped me.
<strong>Hello,
I wish mine was yours.
As I wrote in my initial post: when clicking on the printer icon on the left, the USB port icon, on the right pane, does not appear, in my case.
My question is why and what can be done.
So the good answer you got is not my luck. I can get the USB port icon only after rebooting.
It is strange.
I wish someone could have helped me.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Is your printer plugged directly into the Mac, or is it plugged into the keyboard or a hub?
it happens on macs and pcs from time to time, seems to be an issue with USB.
you best bet is to do the following.
if plugged into the machine, unplug it from that port and just plug it right back in. then go to the chooser. you printer should be there w/o restarting.
if plugged into the keyboard, plug your printer directly into your computer and see if that helps.
if plugged into a hub, unplug the power going into the hub and plug it back in, that usually resets whatever is causing the problem in the USB hub.
as for a permanent solution, i would say you need to update your USB software. do you run apple's software update consistantly? (it's under the apple menu, then control panels, then software update)
if not, there have been quite a few updates to the USB software that originally shipped with your iMac. they might help as well.
-alcimedes
if plugged into the machine, unplug it from that port and just plug it right back in. then go to the chooser. you printer
should be there w/o restarting.
It was plugged diretly. I have disconnect and reconnect, and no results. Later
if plugged into the keyboard, plug your printer directly into your computer and see if that helps.
I have plugged it to keyboard. The same story: no success.
if plugged into a hub, unplug the power going into the hub and plug it back in, that usually resets whatever is causing
the problem in the USB hub.
No. It is not plugged to a Hub.
as for a permanent solution, i would say you need to update your USB software. do you run apple's software update
consistantly? (it's under the apple menu, then control panels, then software update)
I'll try to follow you advise here and would look for updates, eventhough, I run it permanantly, and do not recall any USB software updates.