HP LJ 2200d prints only graphics, no text - worked fine fo..

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HP LJ 2200d on Windows XP SP2 prints only graphics but not text. Can print a
postscript graphic using, e.g., Ghostview or a bmp graphic with Paint, but
can't print any text with Notepad, Wordpad or WORD. When I try to print a
document containing text, all the printer lights come on and nothing prints;
the document never appears in the print queue. This printer had been working
for about a year. No changes were made, but I had upgraded the driver before
this problem appeared and have re-installed it several times after this
problem began.

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This article has a lot of good information on troubleshooting printing in
Windows XP:

How to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to print
to a local printer by using Office programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870622

PattyL

"PJCarroll_xray" <PJCarrollxray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> HP LJ 2200d on Windows XP SP2 prints only graphics but not text. Can print
> a
> postscript graphic using, e.g., Ghostview or a bmp graphic with Paint, but
> can't print any text with Notepad, Wordpad or WORD. When I try to print a
> document containing text, all the printer lights come on and nothing
> prints;
> the document never appears in the print queue. This printer had been
> working
> for about a year. No changes were made, but I had upgraded the driver
> before
> this problem appeared and have re-installed it several times after this
> problem began.

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Save yourself a little bit of time and slipstream SP2 into your edition of
XP.

http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?a [...] article=49

That way you can at least try for a Repair Installation before you really
decide to format and reinstall.
--
Cari
(MS-MVP Printing & Imaging)

"PJCarroll_xray" <PJCarrollxray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The link from PattyL to that troubleshooting document was very useful! It
> showed me that there were several individual fonts that would not print
> (some
> of the most often used: arial, times, courier). The troubleshooting
> document
> indicated that fonts can be re-installed by going into windows setup from
> the
> original windows CD, but it's unclear to me how to do that without
> re-installing the whole system and losing the service pack 2 update. So I
> did
> something suggested by one of our IT guys and copied those fonts from a
> different computer running Windows XP SP2. HOWEVER, the problem is still
> there, but slightly different. With the original "bad" fonts, the printer
> would hang but the print job would get into the print queue (and I would
> have
> to cancel it). With the "new" fonts, the printer hangs but the job doesn't
> appear in the queue.
> If there's no solution to this I guess I'll have to bite the bullet
> and
> re-install XP and SP2!
>