[AT] Rivet how-to

[Larry D. Goss]

Well, the bottom line is that you probably can't upgrade the machine.
If the Root of the USB is 1.0, it's probably built in on the motherboard
and you're stuck with it.  That's only a problem if you let it be.  All
USB systems are pyramidal in structure.  The breadth and depth of the
pyramid is basically unlimited, but there can only be one controller
operating on the system.  The standard says when a USB 2.0 device is
detected logically below a USB 1.0 device, a warning message has to be
displayed on your monitor.  But the standard also says that if a
consumer can physically connect devices together as they are
manufactured (without cutting and splicing, etc) he or she has the
expectation that the system WILL WORK, and the manufacturers are
obligated to support that.  As a result, you can cancel out all the
warning messages that appear down by the icon tray and go merrily ahead
using the system.  The only degradation will be in communication speed.

Not all USB devices are built to the latest standard, and they won't be.
There isn't any reason to construct many computer devices to 2.0 because
it just makes them more expensive and doesn't effect their operation.
Items such as keyboards, tablets, and mice fall into this category.
Almost all of them are USB 1.0.  That's one of the reasons why the
communication cables on those devices are permanently fastened to the
end device -- that's part of the Standard.

If your All-in-one has a detachable data cable, it has to be operating
at the later standard.  If you hot plug your printer into your computer
while the computer is running and you get the warning message on your
monitor, then you know that your root USB hub on the mother board is
going to be a bottle-neck and slow down communications of high
resolution images both going and coming from the printer.  You'll either
have to live with it or scrap your computer.

Larry

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Larry the printer is setup for Blue tooth I may try to see if I can go
to  
that with my old Sony Vaio 1.7.  The cable and the book says 10.5 ft.
max so I 
should be OK with 10 ft.  I do have the 1.0 USB though I  think I may
have to 
upgrade to 2.0  if possible on this machine. So far I  really like this 
multifunction printer the pictures that it makes are just like  the real
thing you 
would hard presses to tell the difference and with the new  inks they
say 30 
years in all weather and 100 years archived that's not bad. 
 
Sometimes I take my Generator and Compressor both to shows its nice to
have  
the power around when needed. 
 
Walt  Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460