-=PCTechTalk=- Re: [Re: [Re: Printer trouble]]
- From: Robert Carneal <carnealr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 18:24:11 -0500
About the printer problem- that is odd. It is hard for me to diagnose it
long distance, but a question I would like to ask is has anyone been
accessing your BIOS settings lately? It is possible to set them so the
computer will not look for LPT1, LPT2, etc. (I did that to a frat brother
as a joke in college one time.)
I can't remember what we have tried so far.
Have you tried using the cable on a printer you +know+ works? If so, it
isn't the cable. Have you tried downloading a new driver for your printer?
A word of caution here: If you do download a new printer from a site not
supported by the printer's manufacturer, be careful please. Some of them
will include "bonus" programs for using their site. Did anyone suggest a
self test from the printer? How did work? Uh, thinking here, what did an
attempt to print a test page show?
If I suggested anything that has already been done (I probably did),
apologies. If you want me to look for a printer driver for you, I will and
let you download it. To do that, I need the operating system (and version),
and the printer manufacturer and printer model. Feel free to write me off
list, I would like to help you if I can.
Robert
At 10/11/2002 05:42 PM, you wrote:
>That's strange....if I come up with any ideas I'll let
>you know....
>
>
>--- Hank Adams <hdka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi I uninstalled then went into regedit and deleted
> > all I could find abou=
> > t
> > Epson, Reinstalled and still get the "Can't find the
> > default printer". I =
> > went
> > through all the troubleshooting too. This stupid
> > computer still can't fin=
> > d the
> > printer and it is setting right beside it.
> > Yours Hank
> >
> > taanzaa <taanzaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > Have you tried uninstalling and then checking your
> > registry for any printer values/keys removing them
> > and
> > then reboot and reinstall? Just a shot in the
> > dark....
> >
> >
> > --- Hank Adams <hdka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Thank you Robert, I have reinstalled the driver
> > > about 6 times, When I uni=3D
> > > nstall and reboot the computer doesn't find the
> > > printer then either. It i=3D s
> > > a cheap 3 yrs old Epson Stylus 640, No sticks. The
> > > printer was going th=3D
> > > rough the scanner but the scanner died so I
> > started
> > > going to the computer=3D
> > > with the printer, now that the printer has died I
> > am
> > > thinking it has som=3D
> > > ething to do with the port, But my cam works off
> > the
> > > same port and it wor=3D
> > > ksgood. Yours Hank Robert Carneal wrote: When this
> > > happens to me,
> > > reinstalling the printer driver usually works,
> > I=3D =3D
> > > would say about 19 times
> > > out of 20 it works. Is your printer the type that
> > > accepts memory sticks from
> > > digital cameras?=3D =3D If so, TAKE OUT THE STICK
> > before
> > > you reinstall the
> > > printer driver. The =3D sales people told me that
> > when
> > > they installed a driver
> > > with a stick insid=3D e =3D the printer, the
> > printer
> > > "expected" that very same
> > > stick in all the time,=3D =3D and looks for it.
> > (NOTE:
> > > This sounds a little
> > > fishyto me, and I have no=3D t =3D checked to
> > verify one
> > > way or the other.
> > > Perhaps someone else on this list=3D =3D knows?
> > -Robert)
> > > Robert At 10/10/2002
> > > 05:38 PM, you wrote: >Hi, My computer can't find
> > my
> > > printer. I have checked
> > > everything and hav=3D e=3D3D > >reinstalled the
> > driver,
> > > changed the cable from
> > > the computer to the print=3D e=3D3D >r. It >checks
> > out
> > > ok in the system, Says it
> > > is on LPT1, The printer properties =3D S=3D3D >ays
> > >LPT1
> > > (ECP Print Port). I
> > > evenreinstalled Win98 Can anyone tell me what=3D
> > =3D3D
> > > >else >to do? >Yours Hank
> > > > =
> >
> > > =
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