<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="font-size:10pt;" size="2" face="Verdana">Hi<br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">I'm running 12.04 and use an HP 3070 printer/scanner connected by USB.<br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">If I boot <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">with the device alrea<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">dy connected and p<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">owered up, <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">my scanner s<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">oftware always detect<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">s the device but returns an I/O error <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">when I try to perform a<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"> document scan.<br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">If I boot with the device powered up but NOT connected, then subsequently plug in the USB <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">c<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">able, everything works fine.<br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">If I get the I/O error, unplugging the USB cable<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"> </font>then plugging it back in does not solve the p<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">roblem. I have to <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">logout<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"> + </font>logon<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">.</font></font></font></font><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font style="font-size:10pt;" size="2" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size:10pt;" size="2" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">I've used Simple Scan, HPLIP and <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">gscan2pdf - it makes no difference.<br><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>The printer function works correctl<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">y under <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">all connection </font>scenarios.<br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">Something about <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">introducing a new USB device with Ubuntu alrea<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">dy running seems to make all the difference. <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">It's hardly a showstopper but <font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">it's still annoying. Any ideas?<br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">Thanks<br><br><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2">Nige</font><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><br><br id="FontBreak"></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> </div></body> </html>