hp laserjet 6L

[prezidentj33]

I am working on a xp system with SP1 and am not able to print to my laserjet 6L. The paper light is solid green and power light is solid green. when I try to print the power light flashes and then nothing happens. the print job goes to the queue but never prints. it deletes itself after a minute or so and then the power light goes solid green again. I have tried many things but I don't know what is going on. If I connect the printer to another device I can print to it with no issues. This is connected via parallel cable just incase you're wondering. I know its the driver or something from the system that is not working. Can anyone help???

 

[gbaughma]

Try a new parallel cable.

The one you're using may have a bad wire in it, indicating the printer isn't ready, the paper is out, etc.

Additionally, your print driver may not be tossing a FF at the end of the job, and the job is timing out in the printer buffer.

I'd try a new parallel cable first, though. Make sure it's a bi-directional cable, and make sure that your parallel port setting in your BIOS is set for EPP, instead of SPP.



Just my 2¢

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[Michael52x]

Both systems are XP? If not, you might try putting the 2000 driver on the XP unit.

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