From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Feb 25 2001 - 13:09:36 EST
Soemtimes the cable is just bad. Most of the fail to print problems I have
ever seen are cable related.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Machule" <pmachule_at_hotmail.com>
To: "wwotr" <wwotr_at_sonic.net>
Cc: "thinkpad" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: CAN'T PRINT!
> Ok ...this is by memory from looooong ago ! (grin)
>
> Did not all 755 / 365 series have this strange bug /feature where LPT1
was
> NON bidirectional ????
> If you changed the address of the port in the Bios to LPT2 it was
> suddenly bidirectional .
>
> The whole 1284 printer cable requirement is BS .
> IMHO ;-}
> It permits Belkin and others to charge 10 times more for a cable !!
> With the many dozens of printers here we have never had a problem with a
> standard 6' Bidirectional printer cables .
> These cables cost under $3 Canadian.
>
> NOTE that the 1284 Spec may make a difference with longer cables .
>
> Your results may vary .....;-}
>
> ...peter..
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wwotr" <wwotr_at_sonic.net>
> To: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 4:14 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
> > "Check em' out"
> > PT Cruiser Web Site http://www.sonic.net/~wwotr/trans%20index
> > David Lee Roth Website http://www.sonic.net/~wwotr/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
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