We have a laserjet 4 in the accounts office. It has outlasted 3 HP1320N's and it has been decided to keep it out of the cupboard until it too dies.....
-----Original Message----- From: Dallas Burnworth [mailto:dallas.burnwo...@zones.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Printing issue I apologize for not paying attention at the beginning. Not to get too far off the subject, but LaserJet 5? Why are you still using that? They are tanks and last forever, but compared to anything you can get today you are hemorrhaging money just to keep it running. Here are 2 links that will prove it. HP LaserJet Power Calculator. (You will need to know what you pay per KWH.) You can compare new HP printers to Legacy HP printers or current competitive printers. This is really useful and for people trying to save money any way they can, this tells them exactly where the money is going. http://hpbroadband.com/(S(q3zkyv45j14ant45zwnel1rb))/program.aspx?key=In stantOnMFPs LaserJet Page Cost Calculator. 70% of an HP printer's technology (not sure what it is on other brands) is in the cartridge, so it is very important to control the ongoing cost of every printer with consistency in manufacture. In most cases man-hours are much more expensive than just getting the product that is more easily supported and cost the end user or customer less than a single day of consulting fees. http://www.hp.com/large/ipg/mfp/competitive-comparison-m4345mfp.html?jum pid=ex_r2548_go/pagecost I'm not saying don't fix the current issue or anything (sometimes you just have to make things work), but you can use these tools in the future to differentiate your value to your customer/boss etc. from your competition and peers. Dallas -----Original Message----- From: Tony Volpe [mailto:cpusunb...@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Printing issue Did that (more than once), it did not work. There was no hope fro Laserjet 5 and, as I mentioned originally, even though the Laserjet 4 installs, it goes to offline At 09:23 AM 12/17/2008, you wrote: >Sorry missed the local part. Delete the printer, Restart the spooler. >Goto the server properties and drivers tab. Remove the Printer drivers >and reboot. Do a reinstall of the printer. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tony Volpe [mailto:cpusunb...@cox.net] >Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:56 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Printing issue > >This is directly connected; not shared; and I do not believe the Port >Configuration option show anything but transmission retry time >Any other thoughts > >At 08:45 AM 12/17/2008, you wrote: > >Make sure SNMP is turned off on the port properties. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: cpusunb...@cox.net [mailto:cpusunb...@cox.net] > >Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:31 AM > >To: NT System Admin Issues > >Subject: Printing issue > > > >I did an upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Pro on two Dell > >GX270s. Both upgrades went smoothly. One has a Laserjet 1200 > >attached by the parallel port (LPT1) and it worked well. The other > >has a Laserjet 5 also connected to the parallel port with a > >centronics cable. It will not take the Laserjet 5 drivers with Add > >Printer (error). After may efforts to install the Laserjet 5 , tried > >the Laserjet 4. It took the driver and it print out the test page > >then went immediately 'offline'. The offline feature is not > >checked. It also showed up as shared. If I shut off the share, > >the Icon show ready then goes immediately to offline. > >Suggestions please > > > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.18/1852 - Release Date: > >12/16/2008 6:11 PM > > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.18/1852 - Release Date: >12/16/2008 6:11 PM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~