USB connection between Canon i9900 printer and USB hub port

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i9900 printer works by USB connection. A USB 2.0 cable was connected from
the printer to a USB port in computer tower. In the past, I did not have any
problem printing images.

Last week, I purchased a 4-port, USB 2.0 hub (Ultra from RadioShack). The
Ultra hub is powered by plugging into a power outlet.
With flashdrive and SD flashcard, the Ultra hub worked very well.

But when I connected a USB cable from i9900 to the Ultra hub, it prints
only a half an inch of images. But the cable was connect to a USB port in
the tower, it starts to print pictures. It seems that color printer
does not work with USB ports in hubs. Does anybody have similar
experience? Craig
 
Criag said:
i9900 printer works by USB connection. A USB 2.0 cable was connected from
the printer to a USB port in computer tower. In the past, I did not have any
problem printing images.

Last week, I purchased a 4-port, USB 2.0 hub (Ultra from RadioShack). The
Ultra hub is powered by plugging into a power outlet.
With flashdrive and SD flashcard, the Ultra hub worked very well.

But when I connected a USB cable from i9900 to the Ultra hub, it prints
only a half an inch of images. But the cable was connect to a USB port in
the tower, it starts to print pictures. It seems that color printer
does not work with USB ports in hubs. Does anybody have similar
experience? Craig
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Are you still using the same instance of the print driver as when it was
connected directly to the tower?

I recommend deleting the printer, and then reattaching it via the hub
and see if (I assume) windows, reinstalls the printer.
I would also detach the hub and make sure it is recognized
independently by windows, before adding the printer in the mix.
USB ports and XP can get kinda funny. I personally would run the
printer directly from the tower, and only use the hub for less demanding
USB peripherals.
 
Thank you ßoddoM,
I personally would run the printer directly from the tower, and only use
the hub for less demanding USB peripherals.
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That's the way I am doing now.

Regards,

Craig
 
Criag said:
Thank you ßoddoM,


That's the way I am doing now.

Regards,

Craig
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Some peripherals just don't "like" being connected through hubs. My scanner
is one such device.
 
Ron P said:
Some peripherals just don't "like" being connected through hubs. My
scanner is one such device.
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That's why I had a problem with my HP scanner.
I might connect the cable directly to the tower.

But the instruction comes with hub does not mention this kind of the
problems.

Craig
 
Criag said:
That's why I had a problem with my HP scanner.
I might connect the cable directly to the tower.

But the instruction comes with hub does not mention this kind of the
problems.

Craig
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The manufacturers of USB hubs would like you to believe that everything will
work through them but sadly, that just isn't the case.
 
Criag said:
How about class action suit against those hub manufacturers?
Craig
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I am willing to bet they have a disclaimer somewhere, in teeny tiny
print (Probably not from a printer not connected to their hub;)
I have worked with a few different USB hubs in a corporate setting.
Some genius gets it to work in the lab for a day or two, then orders
five hundred cuz it will solve an issue. Ended up with 10x more support
calls than they were trying to fix. ERRRRRRRRRRG.
 
Actually, in the US, hubs are rather cheap. I understand that almost
everybody buys and uses USB hubs.
It sounds that power connected hubs would work with almost every gadgets
under the sun.
But I have never heard that the use of hubs had a limited application.

In fact, I spent a week with my i9900 printer with USB cable, blaming the
whole problem on the printer driver.
I repeatedly installed and uninstalled the printer driver to fix the
problem. I wish that I knew that printer or scanner won't work via a hub
port.
What a waste of time for such a silly matter. Craig
 
Criag said:
Actually, in the US, hubs are rather cheap. I understand that almost
everybody buys and uses USB hubs.
It sounds that power connected hubs would work with almost every gadgets
under the sun.
But I have never heard that the use of hubs had a limited application.

In fact, I spent a week with my i9900 printer with USB cable, blaming the
whole problem on the printer driver.
I repeatedly installed and uninstalled the printer driver to fix the
problem. I wish that I knew that printer or scanner won't work via a hub
port.
What a waste of time for such a silly matter. Craig
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This is what you get for using a generic relabeled hub. You should only
use genuine original hubs. Wilhelm has tested them extensively and he
should know. Real hubs don't fade on exposure to ultraviolet light. They
also don't wilt after sex with "that woman."

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Having said that, I bought a hub three or so years ago. It's been
working fine just powered off the computer's puny internal power supply.
However, the hub came with its own power cube -- a large, heavy object
that looks and feels robust. If I experience any throughput problems,
the first thing I'm going to try will be to add in its power supply to
see if this solves the problem.

As I understand it, a hub will usually be different than the dedicated
USB ports built into a computer (or contained on a USB port card). I
noticed that on the card, each port has its own circuitry, chip, etc.,
as well as a dedicated driver. And I think that this is the reason why
you'll find the instructions with many heavier-duty peripherals telling
you to connect them directly to your box. In other words, there's more
"there" there.

Richard
 
On the upside, PCI expansion cards that add upwards of 8 USB 2.0 ports
cost under $50-.

After fighting with hubs for way too long I finally sprung for a load
of real ports and haven't looked back since.
 
If the Hubs were of the powered variety you would not have to fight with them.

phreak wrote:

On the upside, PCI expansion cards that add upwards of 8 USB 2.0 ports cost under $50-. After fighting with hubs for way too long I finally sprung for a load of real ports and haven't looked back since. Richard Steinfeld wrote:



Criag wrote:



Actually, in the US, hubs are rather cheap. I understand that almost everybody buys and uses USB hubs. It sounds that power connected hubs would work with almost every gadgets under the sun. But I have never heard that the use of hubs had a limited application. In fact, I spent a week with my i9900 printer with USB cable, blaming the whole problem on the printer driver. I repeatedly installed and uninstalled the printer driver to fix the problem. I wish that I knew that printer or scanner won't work via a hub port. What a waste of time for such a silly matter. Craig



This is what you get for using a generic relabeled hub. You should only use genuine original hubs. Wilhelm has tested them extensively and he should know. Real hubs don't fade on exposure to ultraviolet light. They also don't wilt after sex with "that woman." --------------------- Having said that, I bought a hub three or so years ago. It's been working fine just powered off the computer's puny internal power supply. However, the hub came with its own power cube -- a large, heavy object that looks and feels robust. If I experience any throughput problems, the first thing I'm going to try will be to add in its power supply to see if this solves the problem. As I understand it, a hub will usually be different than the dedicated USB ports built into a computer (or contained on a USB port card). I noticed that on the card, each port has its own circuitry, chip, etc., as well as a dedicated driver. And I think that this is the reason why you'll find the instructions with many heavier-duty peripherals telling you to connect them directly to your box. In other words, there's more "there" there. Richard
 
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