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June 3, 2009 at 08:58 AM
bonni-lyn

Flash Drive Not Functioning When Printer Is Plugged In

by bonni-lyn . Updated 17 years, 1 month ago

Hi All,

I am having an issue with a flash drive on one of our computers XP Pro SP3 here at work.

I tried reset the drives, un & re installing drivers, etc. I narrowed it down to a printer issue.

The port is functioning with other usb devices, just not memory. If I unplug the printer (HP AIO C6380) the flash drive starts right up and I can use it. The second I plug the printer back in, it stops functioning.

I tried changing the drive letter etc, still doesn’t work together.

Also, the printer has a USB port so you can print pictures from it directly. If I plug the flash drive into that, I can access the files on the computer and save to it.

It’s like the printer disabled the usb for flash drives… Any suggestions??

Thnx

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