Bluegnash,

Glad you got it working. Starnge about what you said happened. I suggest doing the tweaks, so Windows doesn't turn off your USB Ports to save power or you will lose communications, again. To get the communications back, you might have to run Delete Print Jobs, if a job is pending. Restarting your computer will bring communications back but doing the tweak prevents Windows from turning the ports off keeping the computer communicating with the printer.

Rick