ScanDisk won't work in HP AOI printer

[W. eWatson]

I thought I'd scan some docs from my HP C6180 printer to my 1.0G
Scandisk instead of my PC. The printer wouldn't recognize the flash
drive. I reformatted it to FAT32 and NTFS but neither worked. What am I
missing?

I can put files on the disk, and place the files on other computers, so
the disk seems OK.

 

[Paul]

I thought I'd scan some docs from my HP C6180 printer to my 1.0G
Scandisk instead of my PC. The printer wouldn't recognize the flash
drive. I reformatted it to FAT32 and NTFS but neither worked. What am I
missing?

I can put files on the disk, and place the files on other computers, so
the disk seems OK.

The manual does not address the issue, of what file system should be
present on the storage device plugged into the front USB port.

The manual says you can scan and store the output on a memory card
or store the output on a USB storage device plugged into the front
USB port.

You could try...

1) Erase the stick completely, and have no file system on it.
See if the multifunction device will format the media to
its own preference. (Pretty unlikely)

2) Do a format on the 1GB stick, and format it to FAT16, not FAT32.

According to this, the final version of FAT16 handles 2GB devices,
so your 1GB device is a good match for FAT16. Devices larger than
2GB, likely aren't a good match for your HP (just a guess).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat16

The C6100 basic guide is here. Page 63 - Scan Menu - Scan to Memory Card
is supposed to output to a USB storage device. Perhaps in FAT16 it
will be recognized ?

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00753187.pdf

HTH,
Paul

 

[W. eWatson]

The manual does not address the issue, of what file system should be
present on the storage device plugged into the front USB port.

The manual says you can scan and store the output on a memory card
or store the output on a USB storage device plugged into the front
USB port.

You could try...

1) Erase the stick completely, and have no file system on it.
See if the multifunction device will format the media to
its own preference. (Pretty unlikely)

2) Do a format on the 1GB stick, and format it to FAT16, not FAT32.

According to this, the final version of FAT16 handles 2GB devices,
so your 1GB device is a good match for FAT16. Devices larger than
2GB, likely aren't a good match for your HP (just a guess).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat16

The C6100 basic guide is here. Page 63 - Scan Menu - Scan to Memory Card
is supposed to output to a USB storage device. Perhaps in FAT16 it
will be recognized ?

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00753187.pdf

HTH,
Paul

Thanks. I don't see a way to erase it. I formatted to FAT, but nothing
changed with regard to the printer.

My wife's scandisk works fine. I guess I'll get to borrow it.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Is not the company that makes removable flash-memory chips (such as
micro-sd card), isn't their name 'Sandisk' rather than 'scandisk' ?!!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Paul]

Is not the company that makes removable flash-memory chips (such as
micro-sd card), isn't their name 'Sandisk' rather than 'scandisk' ?!!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

That sounds like a good product name.

Take your wife's USB flash stick, and check what file system is
on it ?

I don't know of a good way, right off hand, to determine what
kind of file system (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32) is on a disk. I know
of a utility, but it's not cross-platform. I use this from Linux,
for testing. It will sniff a partition, and tell you what it is.

http://disktype.sourceforge.net/

In Linux, I use Synaptic Package Manager, turn on all the Repositories
(universe and multiverse), reload the package list, then when i type
"disktype" it shows up as an installable package. The executable is
tiny, so the download time for "disktype" is much less than the
download time of the Repository package list.

Paul

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Take your wife's USB flash stick, and check what file system is
on it ?

I don't know of a good way, right off hand, to determine what
kind of file system (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32) is on a disk. I know
of a utility, but it's not cross-platform. I use this from Linux,
for testing. It will sniff a partition, and tell you what it is.

http://disktype.sourceforge.net/

In Windows Explorer, right-click the drive and click properties. In
the General tab underneath the disk name and type, it will show the
file system.

--
Zaphod

Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster: A cocktail based on Janx Spirit.
The effect of one is like having your brain smashed out
by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Obviously your Linux utility won't work under Windows, but, as "Zaphod
Beeblebrox" points out - you can se whether a drive is Fat or NTFS by
looking it's property page (right-click on the drive in Explorer, and
choose "Properties").

On a drive's property page it will say ;

FAT = for Fat16 (or Fat12 on Floppy-drives only)

FAT32 = for Fat32 formatted drives / partitions.

NTFS = for Ntfs formatted drives / partitions.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[W. eWatson]

Is not the company that makes removable flash-memory chips (such as
micro-sd card), isn't their name 'Sandisk' rather than 'scandisk' ?!!

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

right.

 

[blues2use]

Thanks. I don't see a way to erase it. I formatted to FAT, but nothing
changed with regard to the printer.

My wife's scandisk works fine. I guess I'll get to borrow it.

I've used this program a couple of times for erasing and formatiing USB
sticks of various sizes and manufacturers:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-
Format-Tool.shtml

HTH

 

[W. eWatson]

I think I'm just throw in the towel on this and either use my wife's
sandisk or send the scan to my PC. I've used the latter method many
times. Further work will have to wait. Thanks though for the interest.