printer not listed in device manager

[New Orleans Louisiana]

printer not listed in device manager. The Stylus C86 just quit printing.
It only printer the Windows LOGO in Properties | Test Page

Both Epson Printers are listed in Control Panel | Printers
Only one is listed in Device Manager

For 2 years both Epson printers have worked well on XP Home with all MS
Updates.

1) Epson Stylus 6600 is listed in Device Mgr | Imaging Device
2) EPSON Stylus C86 Series is not listed in Device Mgr | Imaging Device

(Epson Stylus 6600 ) This device is working properly.
If you are having problems with this device, click Troubleshoot to start the
troubleshooter.
To preserve information about the settings on your computer, you can print a
report in Device Manager. This article describes how to print a report in
Device Manager.

The EPSON Stylus C86 Series was unplugged | Turned Off | Add Removed | HP PC
Rebooted

The EPSON Stylus C86 Series file was DL'ed from Epson and reinstalled | USB
Cable changed and replugged.

EPSON Stylus C86 Series is still not listed in Device Manager. Nothing
happened / updates / power surge / etc. The Stylus C86 just quit printing.
It only printer the Windows LOGO in Properties | Test Page

How to Open Device Manager
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Performance and Maintenance.
3. Click System.
4. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.

 

[Gordon]

printer not listed in device manager. The Stylus C86 just quit printing.

try re-installing it......

 

[New Orleans Louisiana]

"reinstalled"

In The Original Post:

<<The EPSON Stylus C86 Series was unplugged | Turned Off | Add Removed | HP
PC
Rebooted

The EPSON Stylus C86 Series file was DL'ed from Epson and reinstalled | USB
Cable changed and replugged.>>

 

[Gordon]

"reinstalled"

In The Original Post:

<<The EPSON Stylus C86 Series was unplugged | Turned Off | Add Removed |
HP PC
Rebooted

The EPSON Stylus C86 Series file was DL'ed from Epson and reinstalled |
USB
Cable changed and replugged.>>

If you plug another USB device into the same port, is that recognised?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Printers that do not include a scanner are not normally listed in Imaging
devices. Imaging devices are usually scanners, cameras and web cams.


You can try the following:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
cd %SystemRoot%\System32
start devmgmt.msc

And select "Show hidden devices" under View.

You may see a Printers section.

 

[Guest]

If the main problem is that it only prints the Windows logo then it might be
that a nozzle is clogged. If it wont print anything in black then try
cleaning the nozzles. Good luck.

 

[Lem]

printer not listed in device manager. The Stylus C86 just quit printing.
It only printer the Windows LOGO in Properties | Test Page

Both Epson Printers are listed in Control Panel | Printers
Only one is listed in Device Manager

For 2 years both Epson printers have worked well on XP Home with all MS
Updates.

1) Epson Stylus 6600 is listed in Device Mgr | Imaging Device
2) EPSON Stylus C86 Series is not listed in Device Mgr | Imaging Device

(Epson Stylus 6600 ) This device is working properly.
If you are having problems with this device, click Troubleshoot to start the
troubleshooter.
To preserve information about the settings on your computer, you can print a
report in Device Manager. This article describes how to print a report in
Device Manager.

The EPSON Stylus C86 Series was unplugged | Turned Off | Add Removed | HP PC
Rebooted

The EPSON Stylus C86 Series file was DL'ed from Epson and reinstalled | USB
Cable changed and replugged.

EPSON Stylus C86 Series is still not listed in Device Manager. Nothing
happened / updates / power surge / etc. The Stylus C86 just quit printing.
It only printer the Windows LOGO in Properties | Test Page

How to Open Device Manager
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Performance and Maintenance.
3. Click System.
4. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.

As Yves Leclerc said, the reason that the Stylus 6600 shows up in Device
manager is because it has a scanner. Forget about Device Manager.

1. Confirm that the printer itself is OK. Read the manual and find out
how to print a test page directly from the printer's control panel
(i.e., withOUT using your computer). If the printer is OK, then

2. Completely uninstall and reinstall the printer, following the advice
from MS MVP Cari: http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_One.htm

 

[New Orleans Louisiana]

For your help here is a Louisiana movie and the next time you are in New
Orleans have some Gumbo on my account:

Our Home Louisiana

04:29
Please don't forget St. Bernard Parish.
People of the Storm.
Our Home Louisian Please don't forget St. Bernard Parish.
People of the Storm.
Our Home Louisiana movie of St. Bernard Parish (more) (less)


Thanks to everyone: Gordon, Yves (We are all French in Louisiana) Jav and
Lem,

The nozzles needed cleaning. But it never faded or had bad prints: It just
quit. After the Epson maintanance and nozzle clearning it is printing
again.

And it was new INFO that only the scanner would show in the Imaging / Device
Manager.