Restart to Print
 

I have Vista and 3 different printers connected to my computer thru a USB
hub. I can print only one time, then I have to restart my computer to print.
As my computer restarts, the printer prints whatever I'm waiting on
immediately after Windows starts. How can I fix this to be able to actually
print without restarting my computer for each document?

Re: Restart to Print
 

Sounds like the hub is unpowered..... get a powered one. Each USB port
needs power, which if the hub is unpowed, comes from the PSU in the PC. The
default is for the PC to stop powering the USB port if it's not in use to
save power.... or because the PSU is insufficient to power everything on
your motherboard and everything else you attach to it.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C30AD23A-F013-4F45-ABE1-CD07178FB42E@microsoft.com...
>I have Vista and 3 different printers connected to my computer thru a USB
> hub. I can print only one time, then I have to restart my computer to
> print.
> As my computer restarts, the printer prints whatever I'm waiting on
> immediately after Windows starts. How can I fix this to be able to
> actually
> print without restarting my computer for each document?

Re: Restart to Print
 

The hub IS powered, and is plugged in, and I did not have this problem until
I installed this monstrosity called Vista.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Sounds like the hub is unpowered..... get a powered one. Each USB port
> needs power, which if the hub is unpowed, comes from the PSU in the PC. The
> default is for the PC to stop powering the USB port if it's not in use to
> save power.... or because the PSU is insufficient to power everything on
> your motherboard and everything else you attach to it.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C30AD23A-F013-4F45-ABE1-CD07178FB42E@microsoft.com...
> >I have Vista and 3 different printers connected to my computer thru a USB
> > hub. I can print only one time, then I have to restart my computer to
> > print.
> > As my computer restarts, the printer prints whatever I'm waiting on
> > immediately after Windows starts. How can I fix this to be able to
> > actually
> > print without restarting my computer for each document?
>
>