I have a Canon i860 plugged into a usb port on my MOBO. Have also had it
plugged into a usb port on a PCI-e card. Works without installing drivers
or any program out of the box. Also works from a networked Vista computer
and XP86 computer. Will not work from an XP64 computer.


"Tom Bonavia" <TomBonavia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:64EFB5FF-9242-44AB-A276-61D8DF6E4790@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Thanks for stepping in Charlie but there's obviously no help for some
> people!
> There are a bunch of hotfixes for various non-existant USB problems at
> this
> URL:
> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;936003[/url]
> I haven't had time to try them but they probably won't hurt.
>
> If anyone has useful suggestions beyond the normal troubleshooting (I've
> uninstalled everything including the USB ports themselves, tried different
> cables, etc.) I'd love to know. I have a 'Vista certified' Canon i860 and
> an
> Acer Aspire 5610-4648 with Vista Home Premium and all the latest updates.
> It
> sees the device when I connect the printer and loads the drivers but does
> not
> create any printer instance that I can actually print to. I can manually
> add
> a printer and change the port to USB but that doesn't do anything.
>
>
>
> "Charlie Tame" wrote:
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>> Richard Urban wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > Right. There is a howling about that. But there is no general
>> > discontent
>> > about printer support.
>> >
>> > So, why don't you keep it on topic.
>> >
>> > If the guy is insulted because HE points out his 20 years in IT, yet
>> > can
>> > not install a printer - OH WELL!
>> >[/color]
>>
>>
>> The topic WAS printers, the bit above here is called the "Subject"
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