Windows XP printing problem   

Maybe someone can help with this. I rented my apartment to someone who messed 
up my printer (HP PSC 1410, used with Windows XP, HP a 220 n). I could see 
that there was something stuck in the printing queue, something they were 
trying to print from the internet. At this point, the printer would not print 
anything at all. I attempted cancelling all print jobs some time back, but 
this did not work. The jobs just stayed there and the printer did not print. 
Some time passed, and I have returned to the apartment. The stuck print job 
is no longer there, but the computer will not communicate with the printer. I 
just switched printers (to the HP 1100 Laserjet), and downloaded the proper 
printer driver. The computer will not communicate with the printer! The HP 
1100 prints its own page with all of its statistics (sample printer page), 
but the computer does not seem to be communicating with the printer. The 
first printer mentioned used a USB cable, but the Laserjet uses the 
old-fashioned cable. There seemed to be the proper connection on the back of 
the computer, so that it is where it is connected (LPT1---i think). I used 
the Windows XP printing troubleshooting program (HELP), and went through the 
whole process. I came to the end of the HELP program and it said that they 
had no solution.

Any thoughts? I hope that this was not unclear or difficult for the readers 
of this board. "The computer is not communicating with the printer." I wrote 
this too many times but that is the problem.

date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:01:00 -0700   author:   mayfield4

Re: Windows XP printing problem   

Did you try uninstalling and reinstalling?
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_One.htm


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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"mayfield4"  wrote in message 
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> Maybe someone can help with this. I rented my apartment to someone who 
> messed
> up my printer (HP PSC 1410, used with Windows XP, HP a 220 n). I could see
> that there was something stuck in the printing queue, something they were
> trying to print from the internet. At this point, the printer would not 
> print
> anything at all. I attempted cancelling all print jobs some time back, but
> this did not work. The jobs just stayed there and the printer did not 
> print.
> Some time passed, and I have returned to the apartment. The stuck print 
> job
> is no longer there, but the computer will not communicate with the 
> printer. I
> just switched printers (to the HP 1100 Laserjet), and downloaded the 
> proper
> printer driver. The computer will not communicate with the printer! The HP
> 1100 prints its own page with all of its statistics (sample printer page),
> but the computer does not seem to be communicating with the printer. The
> first printer mentioned used a USB cable, but the Laserjet uses the
> old-fashioned cable. There seemed to be the proper connection on the back 
> of
> the computer, so that it is where it is connected (LPT1---i think). I used
> the Windows XP printing troubleshooting program (HELP), and went through 
> the
> whole process. I came to the end of the HELP program and it said that they
> had no solution.
>
> Any thoughts? I hope that this was not unclear or difficult for the 
> readers
> of this board. "The computer is not communicating with the printer." I 
> wrote
> this too many times but that is the problem.

date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:35:09 -0700   author:   Cari \(MS-MVP\)