Jerry- Thanks. I did what you said, plus I fooled around with the control panel a little bit, and it started working again.
Neal Jerry Freeman wrote: > Plug the scanner in, turn it on and reboot. I lose the scanner driver > ever so often myself...jf > > On Jan 15, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: > >> Another member who needs help. >> >> Situation: Ran out of USB slots on Mac G5, System 10.3.9. Decided >> that my HP photosmart 7550 printer and my HP scanjet 4570c would >> alternately use the same front USB slot, as I usually print with a >> Brothers HL 5040. >> Problem: I had switched the printer and scanner before without any >> problems, and also used the slot to load photos from a digital >> camera, but today, I unhooked the printer and installed the scanner, >> and I can not get the computer to recognize the scanner. A message >> appear when I try to scan, saying the computer can not find he >> scanner. I took out the HP factory software disk and installed the >> program again, still no recognition. What is my problem? >> The HP 7550 printer has always been flakey, but I have never had >> problems with the scanner before. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Neal Hammon >> >> PS: Neither the HP printer or scanner seems to work on an USB hub, >> so do not suggest this as a solution. I have already tried that option. >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
