Printer "disconnecting"

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I have an OfficeJet 6110. It is connected to my PC by USB cable through a
USB hub. My PC is running Win2k.

The HP software includes a program that puts an icon in the systray that
shows the status of the printer. When I boot, the icon looks normal and
reports that the printer is ready. But something triggers it eventually to
display an error flag. If I double-click it, it shows a message saying that
the printer is disconnected (it's not--I can still print to it).

I think that the thing that triggers it is accessing files on my notebook
computer through my wireless network.

Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it? It's not a big
deal, but if I can solve this problem, it might help to solve another
problem I'm having that has nothing to do with the printer.

Thanks in advance!

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Gail Gurman
gail@homemail.com
http://www.gurman.org/

 

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I can't make any suggestions with absolute certainty of success. But I have had
similar unpleasant experiences with USB printers. There are a number of factors
which can change the behavior of USB devices and the computers to which they are
attached. All of them have to do with quality of the electronic USB signals.

1. Length of USB cable. Some devices won't operate correctly with a long
lower-quality USB cable, because of loss of strength of USB signal.
2. Quality of USB cable. There are cheap ones and good quality ones.
3. USB hub, which causes deterioration of signals.

Try the printer without the USB hub in the middle and see what happens.

Or... the printer drivers and supporting drivers are screwed up. Wouldn't be
the first time... Ben Myers

On 15 Feb 2005 14:54:07 GMT, Gail Gurman <gail@homemail.com> wrote:

>I have an OfficeJet 6110. It is connected to my PC by USB cable through a
>USB hub. My PC is running Win2k.
>
>The HP software includes a program that puts an icon in the systray that
>shows the status of the printer. When I boot, the icon looks normal and
>reports that the printer is ready. But something triggers it eventually to
>display an error flag. If I double-click it, it shows a message saying that
>the printer is disconnected (it's not--I can still print to it).
>
>I think that the thing that triggers it is accessing files on my notebook
>computer through my wireless network.
>
>Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it? It's not a big
>deal, but if I can solve this problem, it might help to solve another
>problem I'm having that has nothing to do with the printer.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>--
>Gail Gurman
>gail@homemail.com
>http://www.gurman.org/