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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
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 Posted - 16 October 2004 : 22:07:35
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for no reason my printer stopped working.... and it still wont work, and I cant for the life of me figure out why...
Steps taken to try and fix:
Change ink
Turn printer off/on
Follow windows troubleshooter
Changed printer cable
un-installed printer
re-installed printer/drivers
updated drivers
uninstalled lpt port
re-installed lpt port
repeat all of the above restarting the computer in between everything
I dont understand... it wont even print a test page, yet the printer will do a self-test just fine... |
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Nathan
Help Moderator
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
3373 Posts |
Posted - 16 October 2004 : 22:26:23
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| no, its an old ass printer |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 16 October 2004 : 22:43:12
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"old ass" 
Can the printer be used on another computer ?
Can the computer print to another printer ?
Does the printer do a test print properly ? hmm, nope
What SORT of printer is it ? dot-matrix, bubble-jet, laser ?
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
3373 Posts |
Posted - 17 October 2004 : 00:02:11
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bubble jet... cannon bjc 250
dont have another computer or printer to test out, otherwise I would have gone that route by now...
well I have another computer, but its running 98 se and I dont have a monitor or keyboard for it, which means I'd have to break this one down and use this monitor/keyboard, and I dont feel like going through all that... I think the port itself is screwed... I'll have to take my box apart tomorrow and check to see if everything looks ok.
My device profiles show lpt1 to be malfunctioning, but it dosnt specify anything other than a malfunction. |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
3859 Posts |
Posted - 17 October 2004 : 01:02:37
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| No test printing sounds pretty bad though - I'd be pointing to a printer death rather than a port death. |
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
3373 Posts |
Posted - 17 October 2004 : 01:05:46
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| printer works fine, does a self test just fine... |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
3859 Posts |
Posted - 17 October 2004 : 01:16:18
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ah, so when you said :
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I dont understand... it wont even print a test page,
you meant from the computer to the printer
If the nozzle test print works fine then yep the port has probably lunched itself - worth checking the internal connections though. (I had a video problem a few weeks back. POST codes indicated video card was lunched. Everything was VISUALLY fine. Finally I pushed the card in, it only moved about one mm, everything worked fine after that). |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 17 October 2004 : 08:31:52
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| Checked LPT Port setting in BIOS? Might need to change it from ECP to EPP or vice versa. |
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
3373 Posts |
Posted - 17 October 2004 : 13:55:51
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| I cant get to BIOS, this computer is gay |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
3859 Posts |
Posted - 17 October 2004 : 16:43:02
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Originally posted by Da_Stimulator
I cant get to BIOS, this computer is gay
Ah - there is your answer !!!
I bet your printer is turned straight and they don't interface any more Get a new crossover cable and you'll be fine
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 17 October 2004 : 16:54:56
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| LOL, yeah straight printer, gay computer, they dont get alogn :P |
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Nathan
Help Moderator
USA
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Posted - 18 October 2004 : 06:07:45
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LOL!
It's pretty easy to find new printers that are free after rebate these days. Messing around with old printers just isn't worth the time anymore.
You could make the old one into a fish bowl or something  |
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pdrg
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United Kingdom
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
3373 Posts |
Posted - 18 October 2004 : 13:06:54
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| I found out what it was... one of the pins broke off in my port, and when i tried a different cable, I jammed the broken pin in there, so thats screwing up the connection... now to figure out how to get it out of there. |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 18 October 2004 : 16:09:25
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now to figure out how to get it out of there.
OUCH !!!!!
With great care, a gentle touch, and a pair of pointy nose pliers. The greatest risk is breaking the pin off at the base. If that happens you're pretty well stuffed, but I have recovered a flattened pin before, but you can never bend it again!
Sounds like the bent pin is in the port on the computer ?? Not a nice prospect if you break it off. |
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