Hi
Baffled!!
Hardware - 2 windows 7 PCs (IBM R60 & Tosh Tecra M10) on a simple home workgroup network.
One aging Laserjet 6P/MP Postscript connected to one of them (Tosh) via a USB->Parallel port connector.
All was working fine and has been for many months. And then a print job failed. It was hard to get rid of the job so I ended up deleting the print queue on the Tosh (stopping spooler and deleting files (from spool\printers) and resintalling the printer on the
Tosh.
Win7 does not find the printer automatically so I have to pick a port. Im told I have 3 USB printer ports - how do I know which one to usel does it matter and I thoguht they were supposed to go away when not used? Anyway I pick one and yes I can print but only
garbage - loads of small 9pt - looks like line printer font) characters with osme overprinting
Hmm so a few checks
= Printer self-test works fine and reports no problems
= Printer test print works fine.
- Print test page from windows 7 is garbage - lines of small (6pt?) random characters, some overprinting - basically garbage.
- In desparation, I dug out an old XP laptop with an actual parallel port plugged in the printer (which had the printer installed on iun a few years back) and it printed perfectly first time.
I have deleted printers from devices and printers (also printers and printer drivers from print management), rebooted and reinstalled printers and drivers until I am sick of it.
I have tried LPT1 and the USB port
I have tried installing the printer on a different computer (the one that normally accesses it via the network)
So I suspoect a problem with the printer drivers. I have tried to ensiure fresh drivers were downloaded but I am not clear whether I managed to achieve this. In fact I suspect not.
How do I fix this?
So, how do I download a fresh set of drivers?
If I can do that, is it sufficient to delete all printers; delete all drivers; reboot and reinstall all printers?
And what do I have to do to ensure windows uses the fresh set of drivers - assuming I can download them
Thanks for any suggestions
