On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:22:02 -0400 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 25 August 2003 04:05 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > does any one have any experience getting a HP-1210 multifunction printer to > > work? I have RTFM and RTFHTM and all it has done so far is confuse me > > according to the docs I have managed to configure and install it MCC sees > > it BUT the @#$&*%$ thing won't print. (printer was replaced usb cable was > > replaced printer will copy and scan using ximage. Any thoughts? > > For the record, I have a HP PSC 950 multifunction and on one of the boxes that > I had it hooked up to, I was having problems as well. Not unable to print at > all but it was spewing out garbage every time I tried to send a job to it. > After monkeying with the drivers over a two week period, I finally relented > and hooked it up to a different box altogether to try it out. It worked like > a champ straight out of the gate. The only think that I could figure was > some sort of incompatibility or issue with the USB ports or channel. At any > rate, I had spent so much time on it that it just wasn't worth it to keep > hacking so I left it on the system that it was working on and set it up as a > network printer for the rest of the boxes. > > If you have another machine, you might try moving it over to there. Also, one > more hint, USB printers will not print unless they are on and active when the > machine is turned on. If you printer was off when you booted the machine up > and then you turned it on, it will simply bit bucket all jobs that are sent > to it. Make sure to turn the printer on first and then boot the machine up. > At least, that is what I have to do with my USB printer. > > -- > Bryan Phinney > Software Test Engineer well I might just have me a $99.00 copier (which ain't all bad) :-) > > --
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