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printer printing rubbish
Name: olabode Date: February 17, 2003 at 03:43:35 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: p11, 333cel, 32mb
Comment:
hello guys, i had to format my hard disk and reinstall all my files including the driver for my printer hp deskjet 610c but the printer prints rubbish now even the self test printout is rubbish, What is wrong?
Name: Maurice Reed Date: February 17, 2003 at 05:49:56 Pacific
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Is the printer on the parallel or USB ports? If it's on a parallel connection make sure that it is connected properly at both ends. One rough connection could cause loss of data on one of the 8 bit streams leading to printing garbage ( I have seen this happen).
If you just boot to a command prompt, try sending a plain text file to the printer to see if that works ok. I.e. at the C:\ type:- copy autoexec.bat prn *this will only work on parallel ports as DOS won't recognise USB. If that is also garbage it could confirm a poor cable connection.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sandor Date: February 17, 2003 at 06:59:46 Pacific
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I had a similar problem with the HP 648 printer, and the way I resolved the problem was by going into the BIOS and changed the parallel port definition from EPP/ECP to bidirectional or compatible mode. Basically you have to slow down the transmission to the printer because these inexpensive printers can't handle the high speed.
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Response Number 3
Name: sseamans Date: February 17, 2003 at 12:39:01 Pacific
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I was having a similar problem it was caused by the bugbear virus. you can got rid of it easily
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