Here's a crazy one for you!

roonsterroonster
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
At my work, we have a number of Macs all networked through AppleTalk.



We've recently found that our Epson Colour Stylus 3000, will print very slowly (if at all). There has not been any change in hardware or configuration.



We have however, through process of elimination discovered that switching of the flatbed scanner on one of the Mac cures the problem. And it's definitely not a coincidence. I'm able to stand there and swith it on and off, and the printer responds accordingly.



How the hell can an external SCSI scanner, interfere with a Mac and a printer across the otherside of the room?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    do you have any kind of device sharing enabled? the only thing i can think of is that the scanner is broadcasting something over the network, although i don't think there is such a thing as SCSI sharing.



    have you tried turning off Appletalk on the machine that the scanner is hooked up to, and having it just print/fileshare of TCP/IP? i have no idea what would cause that problem, but that might solve it.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    roonsterroonster Posts: 57member
    I hadn't thought of that. Thanks!



  • Reply 3 of 6
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    let me know if it works.



    edit: oh yeah, just for kicks try changing the SCSI ID on the device and see if that makes any difference. what is it set to now?



    try something between 5-7



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  • Reply 4 of 6
    qaziiqazii Posts: 305member
    [quote]Originally posted by alcimedes:

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    try something between 5-7</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Isn't 7 reserved for the computer?
  • Reply 5 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    [quote]Originally posted by qazII:

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    Isn't 7 reserved for the computer?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    just try !
  • Reply 6 of 6
    microsoftosxpmicrosoftosxp Posts: 91member
    try moving the scanner to the end of the scsi chain.
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