Printer not recognised

I did clean install of Vista Home Prem 64 bit on HP with 4MB ram. Everything
works except I cannot get a new Epson A3 size printer(Stylus Photo 1400) to
be recognized by any USB port. The driver will not install (Either from disk
on new downloaded ver) because of an 'Unknown device. not recogised ' error.
Tries HP chat not to be unkind but useless is being kind to them. Tries Epson
email support, again no response in 8 days!! Please if you have any idea how
to fix this let mr know. Of course I have tried everything from uninstalling
USB drivers on root hub to unpligging things in a certain sequence. You name
it if it's on a site I have tried it. This is my last resort.
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Vital Spark

[schumacher6]

if you go into device manager and then click on your printer and then update you driver to access device manager right click my computer then click manage and then click device manager in the left pane and scroll down to yo find your printer and then update driver

Although you say it's 'new' the one thing you haven't tried seems to be
installing it on a second PC. Do you have a friend that would let you
install it on their PC just temporarily to prove the printer is OK or not?
Have you tried a second USB cable?

You did install the software BEFORE connecting the printer, didn't you?
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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"Vital Spark" <VitalSpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EAE17E75-DF43-4F5B-A6EA-C7C12ED4FCFD@microsoft.com...
>I did clean install of Vista Home Prem 64 bit on HP with 4MB ram.
>Everything
> works except I cannot get a new Epson A3 size printer(Stylus Photo 1400)
> to
> be recognized by any USB port. The driver will not install (Either from
> disk
> on new downloaded ver) because of an 'Unknown device. not recogised '
> error.
> Tries HP chat not to be unkind but useless is being kind to them. Tries
> Epson
> email support, again no response in 8 days!! Please if you have any idea
> how
> to fix this let mr know. Of course I have tried everything from
> uninstalling
> USB drivers on root hub to unpligging things in a certain sequence. You
> name
> it if it's on a site I have tried it. This is my last resort.
> --
> Vital Spark

Cari...to answer your questions. The printer works ok. It did on this
computer before I did the clean install of Vista. No I did not install the
software before connecting the printer but I did try. That is exactly the
problem my computer does not recognise that there is a printer on the USB
port. I have uninstalled the 'uknown device' on the usb port & re-installed
it on every port that has power(some usb ports do not have power) but still
it will not recognise the prnter. I have no hubs or any other device attached
to the machine either. I downloaded from Epson the latest driver/cd install
prog but again when it gets the the part of the install process where it
needs to have a printer connected it does not find it.
I do appreciate you trying to help.
--
Vital Spark


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Although you say it's 'new' the one thing you haven't tried seems to be
> installing it on a second PC. Do you have a friend that would let you
> install it on their PC just temporarily to prove the printer is OK or not?
> Have you tried a second USB cable?
>
> You did install the software BEFORE connecting the printer, didn't you?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
> www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "Vital Spark" <VitalSpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EAE17E75-DF43-4F5B-A6EA-C7C12ED4FCFD@microsoft.com...
> >I did clean install of Vista Home Prem 64 bit on HP with 4MB ram.
> >Everything
> > works except I cannot get a new Epson A3 size printer(Stylus Photo 1400)
> > to
> > be recognized by any USB port. The driver will not install (Either from
> > disk
> > on new downloaded ver) because of an 'Unknown device. not recogised '
> > error.
> > Tries HP chat not to be unkind but useless is being kind to them. Tries
> > Epson
> > email support, again no response in 8 days!! Please if you have any idea
> > how
> > to fix this let mr know. Of course I have tried everything from
> > uninstalling
> > USB drivers on root hub to unpligging things in a certain sequence. You
> > name
> > it if it's on a site I have tried it. This is my last resort.
> > --
> > Vital Spark
>

[bilico]

Vital spark, I found this forum looking for an answer to the same question. windows vista does not recognize the printer through the usb. Is exactlu your problem. A couple of weeks has past since the last reply. Did you found a solution? If so please post it here, i will look foward, this is my last hope because I am a newbe in this matters, Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vital Spark

Cari...to answer your questions. The printer works ok. It did on this
computer before I did the clean install of Vista. No I did not install the
software before connecting the printer but I did try. That is exactly the
problem my computer does not recognise that there is a printer on the USB
port. I have uninstalled the 'uknown device' on the usb port & re-installed
it on every port that has power(some usb ports do not have power) but still
it will not recognise the prnter. I have no hubs or any other device attached
to the machine either. I downloaded from Epson the latest driver/cd install
prog but again when it gets the the part of the install process where it
needs to have a printer connected it does not find it.
I do appreciate you trying to help.
--
Vital Spark


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Although you say it's 'new' the one thing you haven't tried seems to be
> installing it on a second PC. Do you have a friend that would let you
> install it on their PC just temporarily to prove the printer is OK or not?
> Have you tried a second USB cable?
>
> You did install the software BEFORE connecting the printer, didn't you?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
> Welcome
>
> "Vital Spark" <VitalSpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EAE17E75-DF43-4F5B-A6EA-C7C12ED4FCFD@microsoft.com...
> >I did clean install of Vista Home Prem 64 bit on HP with 4MB ram.
> >Everything
> > works except I cannot get a new Epson A3 size printer(Stylus Photo 1400)
> > to
> > be recognized by any USB port. The driver will not install (Either from
> > disk
> > on new downloaded ver) because of an 'Unknown device. not recogised '
> > error.
> > Tries HP chat not to be unkind but useless is being kind to them. Tries
> > Epson
> > email support, again no response in 8 days!! Please if you have any idea
> > how
> > to fix this let mr know. Of course I have tried everything from
> > uninstalling
> > USB drivers on root hub to unpligging things in a certain sequence. You
> > name
> > it if it's on a site I have tried it. This is my last resort.
> > --
> > Vital Spark
>