Hp Photosmart - scanner not detected.

[alan]

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008, Mick M. wrote:

> Hi;
> I have an HP Photosmart C5180 all in one printer/scanner.
>
> It worked fine in F8 both as a printer and scanner.
> Now here I am a bit fuzzy.
> I *Think* it worked ok in F9, I don't scan much.

Do you have it hooked into a hub?  If you do, try connecting it directly. 
For some weird reason, scanners do not work with hubs.  (Including with 
Windows.)

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