Spool problems in XP w/ LaseJet 1200

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

I have been using the laserjet 1200 printer with my parallel port for a
few years now with Windows 98. I have had no problems until I upgraded
to XP (svc pack 1). Now the printer will not print. Print jobs get
clogged in the print queue with an "error - printing" message. Surely
the cable is fine since I can print a test page from Windows.

I reinstalled the CD-ROM software (which curiously did not install the
printer or the drivers automatically; had to do "add printer" in
Windows), downloaded the drivers from HP's site, and set up the printer
through the Windows "Add Printer" menu; I did all of this with the
printer physically attached to the PC. I also downloaded the XP
communication patch was seems to do nothing but delete the printer
installed, making me have to reinstall it. (Is it supposed to do
that?)

For one, I am not sure which drivers I need as hp's Web site talks
about 1200 PCL6, 1200 PCL5e, 1200 PS, plus all of the corresponding
driver bundles and print bundles. How do you know which one you need? I
think I have tried most if not all of them to no avail.

I tried using Windows 2000 drivers and previously suggested but they
did not work.

Another gentleman from this forum was kind enough to advise me to try
checking the printer cable to make sure it is IEEE 1284 compliant (it
is) and to try installing a Laserjet 4 printer to force the LJ 1200 to
use the PCL5e driver. That unfortunately did not work. I reinstalled
the LTP1 port just for laughs but that did not work. I reinstalled the
software CD-Rom....that did not work either.

It sounds like a spooler problem so I have tried restarting the spooler
and deleting the spool files. No dice.

Every time I add the printer in Windows and try to print something, I
get either the "error - printing" message or the print job just hangs
in the queue; either way it does not print. What drivers do I need and
what am I doing wrong?

I have heard a suggestion about changing the print protocol. Is that
the same thing as the print processor? Thanks


--
marc c

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

Since you upgraded, try completely uninstalling the printer correctly.
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com


"marc c" <marc.c.1h364z@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:marc.c.1h364z@pcbanter.net...
>
> I have been using the laserjet 1200 printer with my parallel port for a
> few years now with Windows 98. I have had no problems until I upgraded
> to XP (svc pack 1). Now the printer will not print. Print jobs get
> clogged in the print queue with an "error - printing" message. Surely
> the cable is fine since I can print a test page from Windows.
>
> I reinstalled the CD-ROM software (which curiously did not install the
> printer or the drivers automatically; had to do "add printer" in
> Windows), downloaded the drivers from HP's site, and set up the printer
> through the Windows "Add Printer" menu; I did all of this with the
> printer physically attached to the PC. I also downloaded the XP
> communication patch was seems to do nothing but delete the printer
> installed, making me have to reinstall it. (Is it supposed to do
> that?)
>
> For one, I am not sure which drivers I need as hp's Web site talks
> about 1200 PCL6, 1200 PCL5e, 1200 PS, plus all of the corresponding
> driver bundles and print bundles. How do you know which one you need? I
> think I have tried most if not all of them to no avail.
>
> I tried using Windows 2000 drivers and previously suggested but they
> did not work.
>
> Another gentleman from this forum was kind enough to advise me to try
> checking the printer cable to make sure it is IEEE 1284 compliant (it
> is) and to try installing a Laserjet 4 printer to force the LJ 1200 to
> use the PCL5e driver. That unfortunately did not work. I reinstalled
> the LTP1 port just for laughs but that did not work. I reinstalled the
> software CD-Rom....that did not work either.
>
> It sounds like a spooler problem so I have tried restarting the spooler
> and deleting the spool files. No dice.
>
> Every time I add the printer in Windows and try to print something, I
> get either the "error - printing" message or the print job just hangs
> in the queue; either way it does not print. What drivers do I need and
> what am I doing wrong?
>
> I have heard a suggestion about changing the print protocol. Is that
> the same thing as the print processor? Thanks
>
>
> --
> marc c
>