PCL XL error??

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

I am new to any discussion group to show how desperate I am to fix this
problem. I have a HP Laserjet 4000 attached directly to my PC in the LPT1
port and run Windows XP Corporate. I have never had a problem printing
anything - either from Word, Excel or emails. All of a sudden I cannot print
eventhou one day I could and the next day I couldn't. Sometimes I am getting
one line of various symbols and the printer showing data but not printing.
Sometimes it will print a small spreadsheet from Excel and then a page with:

PCL XL error

Subsystem: KERNEL
Error: Illegal Tag
Operator: 0x59
Position: 676

I have deleted the printer, downloaded the driver from HP, reinstalled the
printer, taken the printer off-line and back to on-line all with either no
success or worst...print one or two times and then back to unkown symbols
across the top of a page or the PCL XL error noted above.

I am at wits end and have a lot of work to finish asap which all needs
printed. While I can use software programs, I am a total novice when it
comes to system errors or understanding interfaces. Any suggestions or help
would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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

PCL XL is a printer language. There is something wrong with the data
getting to the printer or there is a problem with the printer. Unplug the
printer from the power source and let it rest for 5 minutes. Then reapply
power.

The PCL XL interpreter on the printer is generating the error not Windows.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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> There is no such operating system as XP Corporate. Either you are Volume
> Licensed or you run retail or OEM versions of XP Pro or Home.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
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> "toaster" <toaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:979637B6-991F-4B50-815D-76CC72100760@microsoft.com...
> >I am new to any discussion group to show how desperate I am to fix this
> > problem. I have a HP Laserjet 4000 attached directly to my PC in the
LPT1
> > port and run Windows XP Corporate. I have never had a problem printing
> > anything - either from Word, Excel or emails. All of a sudden I cannot
> > print
> > eventhou one day I could and the next day I couldn't. Sometimes I am
> > getting
> > one line of various symbols and the printer showing data but not
printing.
> > Sometimes it will print a small spreadsheet from Excel and then a page
> > with:
> >
> > PCL XL error
> >
> > Subsystem: KERNEL
> > Error: Illegal Tag
> > Operator: 0x59
> > Position: 676
> >
> > I have deleted the printer, downloaded the driver from HP, reinstalled
the
> > printer, taken the printer off-line and back to on-line all with either
no
> > success or worst...print one or two times and then back to unkown
symbols
> > across the top of a page or the PCL XL error noted above.
> >
> > I am at wits end and have a lot of work to finish asap which all needs
> > printed. While I can use software programs, I am a total novice when it
> > comes to system errors or understanding interfaces. Any suggestions or
> > help
> > would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>
>
>