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More info?)
Well that makes two of us...it happens quite often by my experience...the
drivers for Win 98 do strange things to the port and we end up with 'paper
jam' errors...
Wonder if they fixed it yet...
"Arthur Entlich" <e-printerhelp@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Yt0je.1415836$8l.216216@pd7tw1no...
> Yes, of course what?
>
> I requested this information from the person who was having the
> difficulty, and so far, no reply.
>
> I have been working with people on printer issues for about 5 years or
> more now and one thing I've learned is never rule out coincidence of
> timing. I don't know how many times a person attributes a certain
> result to an event which turns out to coincidentally have occurred but
> to have no relationship to the problem, so I always start with trying to
> get the problem as well defined as possible.
>
> Art
>
>
> Marky wrote:
>
> > "Arthur Entlich" <e-printerhelp@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:TZ0ie.1370010$8l.113435@pd7tw1no...
> >
> >>TO rule out one printer problem... Does the printer get as far as
> >>starting to try to load paper or attempt to load paper several times
> >>unsuccessfully and then getting this message, or does the printer just
> >>sit there when you put in a print request?
> >>
> >>Art
> >
> >
> > Yes, of course, but I believe they stated initially that the printer was
> > working fine prior to the OS reinstall...that would mean the paper
should be
> > feeding properly otherwise...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Marky wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"{FireArm}" <FireArm44@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:1116193081.027937.72730@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi there - bit of a funny problem.
> >>>>
> >>>>I keep getting error messages telling me there is no paper in the
> >>>>printer when i try to print (there is paper in the printer) its a
win98
> >>>>system and before i formatted the hard drive the printer worked fine.
> >>>>
> >>>>Anyone have any ideas?
> >>>>
> >>>>Cheers
> >>>>{FireArm}
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The Win98 "no paper" or similar messages are pretty general. It could
> >
> > mean
> >
> >>>any number of things including the printer port is not set up
correctly,
> >>>there is an error on the printer (out of ink), or your cable is not
> >>>connected/working properly (even if you only reinstalled the OS).
> >>>
> >>>It's usually an error on the printer itself, but your Win98 install may
> >
> > have
> >
> >>>left the port uninstalled or the installation of the driver (Epson
> >
> > Printer
> >
> >>>Port) could have corrupted the port driver.
> >>>
> >>>The best place to start would be the Device Manager (right click on My
> >>>Computer and choose Properties) and see if the Printer Port is disabled
> >
> > (has
> >
> >>>a red X beside it).
> >>>
> >>>Again, it's usually something simple...so don't reinstall Windows to
try
> >
> > to
> >
> >>>fix it...yet!
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >