Any experience printing in Windows from a HP Thinkjet 2225A?

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On Thu, 26 May 2005 01:00:59 -0400, stewart allen wrote:

>Hi All
>Looking for someone who may have setup a HP 2225A (thinkjet with HP-IB port)
>in Windows98. I do not believe anything is wrong with the printer. The GPIB
>card is recognized and even the printer is recognized by card. It is just
>that the regular way of setting up Windows printers does not work or maybe
>it needs a special driver or something. I would appreciate any help on this.
>
>regards
>
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Which driver are you using, with what GPIB card?

Under DOS, I think you had to run the IBCONF utility. Rename the device
for the HP 2225A to LPT2 or LPT3. Any attempt to print to those ports should
then work.

I am not sure how to do this under Windows 98.


Aidan Grey