From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Feb 24 2001 - 19:50:55 EST
Change the printer cable, it is the usual suspect. HP Printers require a
true bi-directional cable.
----- Original Message -----
From: "wwotr" <wwotr_at_sonic.net>
To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 7:14 PM
Subject: CAN'T PRINT!
> My parents have a 365XD with Win 98 and 40 megs/1.3 GIG HD.
> They bought a new HP 630C printer.
> I installed the software and have a new printer cable.The computer "tries"
> to send what I'm printing; to the printer but it never prints.
> I talked with an HP tech for over an hour.
> We:
> 1)Uninstalled and re-installed the software.
> 2)We also made sure that it wasn't the printer (and it wasn't).
> 3) Went into my computer and device manager and it shows up in there.
>
> He seems to think its a hardware problem.
> I was gonna take it into Best Buy service and have them try to configure
it
> as they did a great job last time that the PC couldn't find the modem.
> I thought I'd ask the list BEFORE I take it in, to see if its something I
> might be able to do.
> I'm NOT PC literate at all so if anyone has I ideas could they present it
in
> "baby steps"?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Roger
> wwotr
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