I have had the same problem in the past so will be interested in what turns up from the gurus. Mac Malcolm McCallum
doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor On 05/08/2011, at 3:44 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > I have recently moved from a G5 to an iMac, which is a brilliant machine. A > bit of sorting out with my transferred items but now more or less sorted. > One odd quirk remains. I have an Epson R2880 printer and after the move over > I duly downloaded the Snow Leopard driver which is different from the Leopard > version on the G5. All installed in the usual way except that the printer > stubbornly came up as "offline". After much hair tearing and fiddling I > unplugged the printer from one of the four USB ports on the iMac and into a > USB2 hub, plugged in to one of the iMac ports, and which services a number of > other peripherals. The printer immediately came on line and printed fine. > An Epson 1290 printer works fine in any of the USB sockets on the iMac so the > sockets are fully functional. Returning the R2880 to the iMac direct USB and > it comes up offline again. > What on earth is going on here?!!! > Severin Crisp > ________________________________________________________ > Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. > Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au > ________________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>