I have to keep reinstalling the printer afer every reboot/power-on

>-----Original Message-----
>Is the LPT port set to EPP in the BIOS?
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
>"DJ Walker" <djwalker@stlzoo.org> wrote in message
>news:064d01c3c895$713f9320$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>>I am working on a Toshiba Laptop running XP Professional.
>> It has an older Epson Stylus Color 850 hooked to it

>> a parallel cable.
>>
>> To get the printer to work I have to delete the print
>> driver and the LPT1 port, then reboot the computer so

>> it will set them up again. It works fine until the next
>> shutdown/reboot.
>>
>> When the computer boots back up and you try to print you
>> get a message that the document failed to print.
>> If you look at the queue sometime it shows the job with

>> error message. Other times it shows the job and the

>> keeps changing from 0 to the actual size.
>>
>> If you delete the jobs. Then, repeat the delete and
>> reinstall above, the printer works until the next
>> shutdown/reboot.
>>
>> I have deleted the drivers, using the print server

>> I have downloaded new drivers from Epson. I have

>> service pack 1. I have scanned for viruses with McAffee
>> using last weeks dat, and also with Stinger(11/03

>>
>> Someone told me to delete the registry keys but I have

>> been able to find a list of what registry keys to

>>
>> If any one has any ideas of what to try next, Please e-
>> mail me, or post a reply.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Don Walker
>> www.stlzoo.org
>> djwalker@stlzoo.org

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> It was set to ECP but I changed it to be Standard bi-
> directional.
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Is the LPT port set to EPP in the BIOS?
>>
>>Cari
>>www.coribright.com
>>
>>"DJ Walker" <djwalker@stlzoo.org> wrote in message
>>news:064d01c3c895$713f9320$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>>>I am working on a Toshiba Laptop running XP Professional.
>>> It has an older Epson Stylus Color 850 hooked to it

> using

>>> a parallel cable.
>>>
>>> To get the printer to work I have to delete the print
>>> driver and the LPT1 port, then reboot the computer so

> that

>>> it will set them up again. It works fine until the next
>>> shutdown/reboot.
>>>
>>> When the computer boots back up and you try to print you
>>> get a message that the document failed to print.
>>> If you look at the queue sometime it shows the job with

> an

>>> error message. Other times it shows the job and the

> size

>>> keeps changing from 0 to the actual size.
>>>
>>> If you delete the jobs. Then, repeat the delete and
>>> reinstall above, the printer works until the next
>>> shutdown/reboot.
>>>
>>> I have deleted the drivers, using the print server

> option.

>>> I have downloaded new drivers from Epson. I have

> installed

>>> service pack 1. I have scanned for viruses with McAffee
>>> using last weeks dat, and also with Stinger(11/03

> version).

>>>
>>> Someone told me to delete the registry keys but I have

> not

>>> been able to find a list of what registry keys to

> delete.

>>>
>>> If any one has any ideas of what to try next, Please e-
>>> mail me, or post a reply.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Don Walker
>>> www.stlzoo.org
>>> djwalker@stlzoo.org

>>
>>
>>.
>>

>-----Original Message-----
>No, there's EPP in the middle of ECP and Bi-Directional.

>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:02d901c3c8ce$c82015f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>> It was set to ECP but I changed it to be Standard bi-
>> directional.
>>

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Is the LPT port set to EPP in the BIOS?
>>>
>>>Cari
>>>www.coribright.com
>>>
>>>"DJ Walker" <djwalker@stlzoo.org> wrote in message
>>>news:064d01c3c895$713f9320$a601280a@phx.gbl.. .
>>>>I am working on a Toshiba Laptop running XP

>>>> It has an older Epson Stylus Color 850 hooked to it

>> using

>>>> a parallel cable.
>>>>
>>>> To get the printer to work I have to delete the print
>>>> driver and the LPT1 port, then reboot the computer so

>> that

>>>> it will set them up again. It works fine until the

>>>> shutdown/reboot.
>>>>
>>>> When the computer boots back up and you try to print

>>>> get a message that the document failed to print.
>>>> If you look at the queue sometime it shows the job

>> an

>>>> error message. Other times it shows the job and the

>> size

>>>> keeps changing from 0 to the actual size.
>>>>
>>>> If you delete the jobs. Then, repeat the delete and
>>>> reinstall above, the printer works until the next
>>>> shutdown/reboot.
>>>>
>>>> I have deleted the drivers, using the print server

>> option.

>>>> I have downloaded new drivers from Epson. I have

>> installed

>>>> service pack 1. I have scanned for viruses with

>>>> using last weeks dat, and also with Stinger(11/03

>> version).

>>>>
>>>> Someone told me to delete the registry keys but I have

>> not

>>>> been able to find a list of what registry keys to

>> delete.

>>>>
>>>> If any one has any ideas of what to try next, Please

>>>> mail me, or post a reply.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Don Walker
>>>> www.stlzoo.org
>>>> djwalker@stlzoo.org
>>>
>>>
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>>>

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