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More info?)
It will print from Windows, so it's not the cable or the
port being misdirected. I've tried all the suggestions
and nothing is working.
>-----Original Message-----
>Nancy,
>
>> Sorry, it's the XP that's not working. Nothing happens
>> when I attempt to print the directory.
>
>I saw at HP website that your printer supports PCL, so it
should not be a
>Windows-only printer, even if the symptoms are similar.
>
>Anyway, try to print from a Windows app. to the HP
printer, but with the
>driver set to the FILE: port.
>Once you have got the file, try to print it with:
>
>Copy filename.prn lpt1:
>
>If you get your job printed, then your printer does
accept a formatted
>input, but it can't understand a simple ascii stream.
>In this case Printfil could solve your problem.
>
>If you do not get your job printed, then we can look for
something else:
>communication problems, cable, LPT1 redirected to some
other location, etc.
>
>Kind regards,
>Davide Guolo
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