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p.1 #1 · Epson P-3000 Question

I am considering purchasing an Epson Photoviewer (P-3000) and have a question. I believe that you can connect this device directly to an external harddrive and transfer images from the Epson to the external HD for backup. (Without a computer.) Is this correct?

Thanks!
Pat

Edited on Dec 05, 2007 at 03:33 PM

Dec 05, 2007 at 02:45 AM

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p.1 #2 · Epson P-3000 Question

I don't know. I just plugged an external USB drive into the larger USB port on my p-5000 (twin of the p-3000) and got nothing. Either it needs to be plugged into the smaller USB port or else I need an external power supply for the portable HDD. It obviously got no power from my p-5000.

I do not have my p-5000 manual handy.

[update] applying power to the external drive did not help. However, I see that another factor is that the p-5000 wants to see a FAT32 formatted drive - not an NTFS formatted drive like I was using. I still don't know whether I used the right port or not, but I think I did.

- Alan

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Dec 05, 2007 at 05:34 AM

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p.1 #3 · Epson P-3000 Question

Thanks Alan. Once you mentioned the manual, I realized that I could probably read the manual online. Here is the manual...

http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/p3k___/p3k___ug.pdf

There is a section here that tells you how to transfer files from the viewer to an external HD, so it looks like you can do this. This might be a good option for traveling when I don't want to bring my laptop.

Thanks for your time!

Pat

Edited on Dec 05, 2007 at 03:33 PM

Dec 05, 2007 at 01:18 PM

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p.1 #4 · Epson P-3000 Question

Patrick Cox wrote:
I am considering purchasing an Epson Photoviewer (P-3000) and have a question. I believe that you can connect this device directly to an external harddrive and transfer images from the Epson to the external HD for backup. (Without a computer.) Is this correct?

Thanks!
Pat

Yes you can and I have done it. However, the P-3000 will not power the external drive through its USB port and the drive must be formatted FAT32. I've done is successfully with LaCie All Terrain drive. LaCie drives give you a cable that is a USB to power plug cable so you can connect it up to one of the usb wall charger or car adaptor and power it (but it is a little finicky with them so test first). Then, even though you are using the USB port on the drive to connect to the Epson there is no conflict.

J.

Dec 05, 2007 at 03:33 PM


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