One way to know is to remove the adapter and try again. That should be your first step. If it's not there, then obviously it's being caused by the adapter (or its drivers/software). -Clint God Bless, Clint Hamilton, Owner www.OrpheusComputing.com www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com www.OrpheusComputing.com/cheap_reliable_web_hosting.html www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Grossman" I haven't used this printer in a while, so I don't recall whether it happened after I hooked up the adapter. I assume that I would have recalled if it happened before. Here's the text: %-13355YAQKM!CCOMMEOU!IQ!MasesKeu!7MAQKM!SEU!QAGEQSOUECU=OGGAQKM!SEU!QAGEQSO UEC All on one line. David Grossman -----Original Message----- Did this only start happening after you hooked up that adapter? If so, then you got me. What exactly is the gibberish, can it be posted and retain the character set? -Clint ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Grossman" I've been using my new cable for several days now. It works fine except for a minor nuisance that may occur the first time after turning on the computer. I can't explain it, but sometimes - not always - the first print job has 1-3 lines of gibberish on the top of the page, and nothing else. Remember that this happens when I turn on the printer, so there are no print jobs waiting (and if there had been print jobs waiting they would have printed out right away). I then purge the printer of any (non-existing) remaining print jobs, and confirm that the print queue is empty. Subsequent jobs in that computer session print out fine. Strange. I've gotten used to printing out the first job on scrap paper, and then following the process listed above for subsequent materials. I don't know why, but I can't help but think that this strange behavior has to do with the cable's using a virtual machine to convert serial data to parallel. It probably starts off with something like a stop bit (do serial data transfers have a "start" bit?) and then it doesn't get any further. Maybe it kind of needs a reminder to "think parallel," after which there are no problems. Each time I turn off the computer, that reminder goes into its forgettery (well, what word is the opposite of memory?) and then it has to be reminded again. In other words, it works well, but the cable's instruction set is missing something. David Grossman ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-