That often indicates an insufficient Power Supply Unit. Each USB controller
and port needs power..... XP sends a message through the cable to get the
information it needs to find out what is connecting to the PC. Insufficient
power = message cannot be sent.
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Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing/Imaging and Hardware
www.coribright.com
"Hoover1724" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:14389064-CB57-4BA4-8F5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have 2 USB printers, Lexmark X73 and HP Photosmart 7150. I've installed
> the drivers and software for both printers on my PC running Windows XP
> SP1.
> Each printer works great when it's the only printer plugged in. But if I
> plug in both at the same time, I have problems. Usually I get 'printer
> not
> communicating' messages on the Lexmark. It doesn't seem to matter if the
> printers are powered on or not ... simply having them both plugged in is
> enough to cause the problem. When this happens, some combination of
> unplugging the HP, unplugging the Lexmark, powering off/on the Lexmark,
> and
> plugging the Lexmark back in will get it to work again. When I look at
> the
> Printers and Faxes screen, the Lexmark is checked as the primary.
>
> I'd like to have both printers connected, but send different output to the
> printer I want without having to mess with cabling. Is there a way to do
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance....
>
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