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| 286186 | 2004-10-30 02:10:00 | Recently my aging PC had Word 98 replaced by my friendly Chinese computer shop. They re-installed my Epson Color 440 printer (that still has the odd dinosaur chew-mark on it) and I now can't use the thing. Keep on getting "Error writing to LPTI. Printer timeout error occured, to increase etc" When I go to Printer Properties, under Details I had "Time out settings" Not_selected 15 seconds Transmission re-try 45 seconds So I changed the 15 to 65. Still no joy. Same message. Have un-installed and re-installed three times but nothing changes. Even installed a "new" (well would you beleive 1998?)driver. Everything else seems to work fine on the printer which has been a good old workhorse. Any ideas? I couldn't find a reference to this sort of problem in your archives. Cheers John |
jarques (4877) | ||
| 286187 | 2004-10-30 02:22:00 | I would try another printer, if u have 1 or borrow a mates. If it does the same thing, your parallel port maybe screwed. | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 286188 | 2004-10-30 02:23:00 | Oops, if u try to print a test page does it print? Or bring up the same error? | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 286189 | 2004-10-30 02:30:00 | Yep, I tried a trial page and got the same message. John | jarques (4877) | ||
| 286190 | 2004-10-30 02:36:00 | Check the BIOS settings of the printer port. If the printer (and its driver) need one of the bidirectional modes, and the BIOS is set for one-way, you will get time-outs. ;-) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 286191 | 2004-10-30 03:03:00 | Thanks Stephen. I understand BIAS (watching US election) not BIOS. Where do I find the settings? Cheers John |
jarques (4877) | ||
| 286192 | 2004-10-30 03:06:00 | Sorry, sorry, sorry. Meant GRAHAM John |
jarques (4877) | ||
| 286193 | 2004-10-30 03:11:00 | U get into BIOS either by pressing one of these as soon as the pc boots F1/F10 or any of the function keys. It'll usually tell u as soon as the system boots on the screen. Or it could be the DEL key. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 286194 | 2004-10-30 03:54:00 | Yeah, but Spacemannz, I think Jarques wants to know where to go once he is in the BIOS. ;-) | Susan B (19) | ||
| 286195 | 2004-10-30 04:22:00 | Has anybody noticed that if the version of Word was really "Word 98", as described, we are dealing with an Apple computer and not a Windows based one. There is no Windows version of Word 98, only Apple. Or am I missing something? |
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