My Dell Dimension 8100, 1.8MHz, with 512MB RAM, and an 80GB-7200RPM hard drive, came with ME several years ago; just this past Sunday I reformatted the drive and did a clean install of XP Professional. XP works like a charm... only thing is I can't get my printer to print.
I've installed my HP LaserJet 6P in the printers folder and used the XP postscript drivers downloaded from the HP site. When I issue the print command, the buffer light flashes and the document light holds steady - seemingly normal - for about 5 seconds; then, both lights shine steady. Not normal. Nothing prints.
The printer's fine. It self-tests, and I'm using an almost-new Belkin Pro Series High Speed IEEE 1284-compliant cable.
I've disconnected the cable several times, after deleting the printer, to try to force a PnP on reboot. No deal. So I've reinstalled it through the printers folder each time.
I've deleted the ECP port several times (It always came back, but without a PnP notice on reboot.). I checked the properties of the LPT1 (ECP) port and didn't see the DMA in the resources tab of the properties window. So, during a reboot, in the system setup, I enabled DMA3 (It had been disabled, I suppose, by XP?). The DMA3, however, still doesn't show in the resources tab of the LPT1's properties window. It DOES show, however, when the box is running in safe mode...)
No viruses, no temp or temp Internet files - not even any crashes with the XP (yet) - it's a clean machine.
I figure that there's got to be a way to get this printer working; it worked with 98SE and ME. It failed working only after the clean XP install. I'm totally baffled.
I'd appreciate any help.
Many thanks.
I've installed my HP LaserJet 6P in the printers folder and used the XP postscript drivers downloaded from the HP site. When I issue the print command, the buffer light flashes and the document light holds steady - seemingly normal - for about 5 seconds; then, both lights shine steady. Not normal. Nothing prints.
The printer's fine. It self-tests, and I'm using an almost-new Belkin Pro Series High Speed IEEE 1284-compliant cable.
I've disconnected the cable several times, after deleting the printer, to try to force a PnP on reboot. No deal. So I've reinstalled it through the printers folder each time.
I've deleted the ECP port several times (It always came back, but without a PnP notice on reboot.). I checked the properties of the LPT1 (ECP) port and didn't see the DMA in the resources tab of the properties window. So, during a reboot, in the system setup, I enabled DMA3 (It had been disabled, I suppose, by XP?). The DMA3, however, still doesn't show in the resources tab of the LPT1's properties window. It DOES show, however, when the box is running in safe mode...)
No viruses, no temp or temp Internet files - not even any crashes with the XP (yet) - it's a clean machine.
I figure that there's got to be a way to get this printer working; it worked with 98SE and ME. It failed working only after the clean XP install. I'm totally baffled.
I'd appreciate any help.
Many thanks.
