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From: SteveH on 4 Feb 2010 15:04
TVeblen wrote:
> On 2/4/2010 11:50 AM, Mike Easter wrote:
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>> TVeblen wrote:
>>>> I recently bought and installed an Epson Artisan 810 printer via
>>>> USB cable
>>
>>> Your headers look like Win7
>>
>>> The top line sez 'installed' but I don't know if that includes the
>>> s/w. Epson Artisan 810 All-in-One Printer -
>>
>> Epson chart^1 sez the default Win7 drivers aren't sufficient for
>> printer or scanner
>>
>> ^1 http://snipr.com/u9t1a All-in-One Compatibility
>>
> Hey Mike. Sorry. Yes, Win 7 64 bit. I installed the minimal stuff to
> run the printer, none of the optional software. But minimally it
> installs the printer, scanner, fax drivers, Epson Event Manager, and
> Epson Print CD. The Win 7 64 bit drivers were downloaded from Epson.
> I did not use the CD that came with the printer.
> But because the BIOS sees this thing as a mass storage device I'm
> thinking the issue is not OS or driver related?

It's almost certainly being seen as a mass storage device because of the
built in card reader.

--
SteveH


From: TVeblen on 4 Feb 2010 15:39
On 2/4/2010 3:04 PM, SteveH wrote:
> TVeblen wrote:
>> On 2/4/2010 11:50 AM, Mike Easter wrote:
>>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>>> TVeblen wrote:
>>>>> I recently bought and installed an Epson Artisan 810 printer via
>>>>> USB cable
>>>
>>>> Your headers look like Win7
>>>
>>>> The top line sez 'installed' but I don't know if that includes the
>>>> s/w. Epson Artisan 810 All-in-One Printer -
>>>
>>> Epson chart^1 sez the default Win7 drivers aren't sufficient for
>>> printer or scanner
>>>
>>> ^1 http://snipr.com/u9t1a All-in-One Compatibility
>>>
>> Hey Mike. Sorry. Yes, Win 7 64 bit. I installed the minimal stuff to
>> run the printer, none of the optional software. But minimally it
>> installs the printer, scanner, fax drivers, Epson Event Manager, and
>> Epson Print CD. The Win 7 64 bit drivers were downloaded from Epson.
>> I did not use the CD that came with the printer.
>> But because the BIOS sees this thing as a mass storage device I'm
>> thinking the issue is not OS or driver related?
>
> It's almost certainly being seen as a mass storage device because of the
> built in card reader.
>
Yes, that seems to be it. Finally got a straight answer from Epson. The
printer can be used as a separate drive with it's card reader. The
behavior is normal.
I renamed the drive to make it more obvious. It was just shown as K:
before.

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