Prrinter & Device Manager

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Although none of my printers are USB, none are or ever have been listed in DM.

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"Roger Fink" <fink@*****.net> wrote in message
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>I installed a new printer today - same model Canon bubble jet and USB
> connection as the one it replaces. While I didn't start out this way,
> eventually I completely uninstalled the old one and reinstalled the new one,
> even though the driver and every setting are the same. I now notice that I
> have no printer listed under Device Manager, including in safe mode. In one
> of the Canon tabs it says "Device Not Connected", referring to the name of
> the printer port, USBPRN02, but it prints, so it is.
>
> The printer seems to work fine and is listed under Add/Remove and under
> Printers in Control Panel. But is it normal for the printer not to be listed
> in Device Manager, and if it isn't, how can I correct it? (or should I just
> forget about it?)
>
>

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It's been quite some time but I think LPT1 didn't even show in DM if a printer
(not USB type) wasn't attached/installed.

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"Roger Fink" <fink@*****.net> wrote in message
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> Good, that's one less thing to worry about. Seems strange that they'd leave
> it out though.
>
> Brian A. wrote:
>> Although none of my printers are USB, none are or ever have been
>> listed in DM.
>>
>>
>> "Roger Fink" <fink@*****.net> wrote in message
>> news:ezlhlMjbFHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> I installed a new printer today - same model Canon bubble jet and USB
>>> connection as the one it replaces. While I didn't start out this way,
>>> eventually I completely uninstalled the old one and reinstalled the
>>> new one, even though the driver and every setting are the same. I
>>> now notice that I have no printer listed under Device Manager,
>>> including in safe mode. In one of the Canon tabs it says "Device Not
>>> Connected", referring to the name of the printer port, USBPRN02, but
>>> it prints, so it is.
>>>
>>> The printer seems to work fine and is listed under Add/Remove and
>>> under Printers in Control Panel. But is it normal for the printer
>>> not to be listed in Device Manager, and if it isn't, how can I
>>> correct it? (or should I just forget about it?)
>
>

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"Roger Fink" <fink@*****.net> wrote in message
news:ezlhlMjbFHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I installed a new printer today - same model Canon bubble jet and
USB
> connection as the one it replaces. While I didn't start out this
way,
> eventually I completely uninstalled the old one and reinstalled the
new one,
> even though the driver and every setting are the same. I now notice
that I
> have no printer listed under Device Manager, including in safe mode.
In one
> of the Canon tabs it says "Device Not Connected", referring to the
name of
> the printer port, USBPRN02, but it prints, so it is.
>
> The printer seems to work fine and is listed under Add/Remove and
under
> Printers in Control Panel. But is it normal for the printer not to
be listed
> in Device Manager, and if it isn't, how can I correct it? (or
should I just
> forget about it?)
>
>
For what it's worth, my Lexmark Inkjet Color Printer is listed in
Device Manager, under Print USB. It's connected to a USB Hub, along
with three other devices, all listed. I don't know if it was listed
before I started using the Hub, which Windows recognized and installed
drivers for after I connected it.

charlie R

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"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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> It's been quite some time but I think LPT1 didn't even show in DM if a
printer
> (not USB type) wasn't attached/installed.

That may or may not have been true at one time
- I don't know one way or the other -
but I can tell you that LPT1
is listed in DM on one of my machines
which does not have a printer attached.