Re: ping MI5 3/4's

Dave wrote:
My wife is experiencing a problem using the local Scout group bubble printer, printing from her personal computer. She gets e-mails posted to her personal computer that have to be printed out at the Scouts expense.

Connection is via the usual USB cable, but when the cable is plugged into the front USB socket on the computer, she gets the tones that denote that a USB device has been un-plugged. (high to low). When it is unplugged, she gets the tones low to high.

The computer accepts both of my memory sticks in the normal manner and the printer pushes all the right buttons on my computer and has printed out the document she wanted for the Scouts.

The printer leads appear to be OK, but I will try some switch cleaner on them later tonight, but I doubt that this will clear the problem, as I don't think that the solution is there.

My problem is I can't understand why the USB plugged and un plugged tones are inverted. As it stands at the moment, I can't even re-install the printer drivers, since when it gets to the point where I have to connect the printer and switch it on, it obviously doesn't see it.

Sorry about replying to my own post, but there have been some interesting answers that I will need to investigate before I get back to you. It should be within the next 24 hours, but I have had a parking ticket stuck on my car in Maplin's car park and I need to get my appeal written first.

As to MI5 & 3/4's you answered the way USB worked so well a few months ago, I thought that you might be the first person to ask.

Dave
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