HP C3180

[Charles Dyer]

On 31 Mar 2007, at 01:18:41, LuKreme wrote:

> On 30-Mar-2007, at 23:03, Terry Allen wrote:
>>> At 3/31/07 12:08 AM -0500, LuKreme <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I have an HP C3180 that is connected to my Mac via a USB 2.0  
>>>> Hub.  It
>>>>  works just fine when priting, but when I try to scan, the scanner
>>>>  software cannot find the scanner/printer and I have to connect it
>>>>  directly to the Mac, bypassing the hub.
>>>
>>> Have you tried using other ports on the hub?  Other USB cables?   
>>> Another
>>> hub?  What make/model hub are you using?
>>>
>> Hi again,
>> 	You'll likely find ti's the hub at fault
>
> Yeah, that's my initial suspicion as well, as it is a Belkin piece  
> of crap.

It's unlikely to be the Belkin. You have the four-port black oval  
thing, right? I've got two. Hooked to them are my label printer, my  
USB headphones, my Mighty Mouse, my trackball, the connection for my  
UPS, and, as necessary, my USB thumb drives and USB travel hard  
drive. All work.

My HP does not.

> However, it is a powered hub and other than this printer/scanner  
> I've not had trouble with it.  Of course, it mostly has USB1.1  
> devices installed on it.
>
> I'd love to replace it, but the local store (Microcenter) only has  
> Belkin hubs, and I don't know what brand to replace it with, which  
> makes shopping online for one difficult at best.
>
> I wish the Mac had more USB ports.  5 is simply not enough, even  
> with a wireless keyboard.
>
> 2xUSB hard drives, USB headset, Trackball, Card reader, UPS, 2x  
> printers, iPod...

Given that they all work, I suspect that the problem is the HP. I'd  
try a different brand of MFD. My next MFD is NOT going to be a HP.  
Probably a Brother or a Canon. If I can afford it, and I can find one  
which fully supports OS X, it'll be a network device.