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Printer - DMA and ECP hogging CPU
Name: fitzov Date: February 24, 2006 at 09:22:36 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: AMD2400+/1G DDR Product: self
Comment:
Setting the printer port to ECP in BIOS is supposed to allow DMA for the printer. According to device manager there is a DMA set for the printer. Nothing else is using the channel, but the printer is still hogging CPU. Epson LQ-1050.
Name: Tubesandwires Date: February 24, 2006 at 19:07:13 Pacific
Reply:
ECP is a pain in the butt - most printers work fine in EPP mode.
Go into the bios and see if you can set your printer port to EPP mode. If you can, the printer will probably work fine. If the ECP printer port is still in Device Manager after that, Un-install it.
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