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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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