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Thread ID: 14847	2002-01-21 01:45:00	Epson printer / LPT1 Port	Guest (0)	Press F1

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32090	2002-01-21 01:45:00	Epson 640 printer, stopped printing in mid flight, error, cannot locate LPT1, make sure printer is online and connected. Of course it is online and connected, it was printing a second ago. All the same, checked all the cables and power, no joy, checked in properties, nothing of interest there, uninstall and reinstall, still get same error message. Any idea's anyone. I have had this once before but for the life oif me cannot recall how i killed the problem. Rest of system is WinME, 256ram on p2.350 Cheers	Guest (0)
32091	2002-01-21 02:12:00	go into device manager and check to see if LPT1 is listed under the Ports. if it's not, check that it is enabled in the BIOS and reinstall the port (WinME should do this for you if it's enabled. If it's there, try printing a simple text file from a dos prompt... C:\>TYPE SOMEFILE.TXT >LPT1 see if that works. if it does chances are that it's something to do with the driver, check for updates on the epson website. Also I've isntances in the past where the epson software that monitors the port causes trouble. From memory it starts up from the registry under either the RUN or RUNSERVICES key. try disabling it using msconfig. failing that you could be looking at a hardware problem.	Guest (0)
32092	2002-01-21 04:04:00	Thanks for that, updated the drivers, no joy, everything ok in Decice Manager, finally pulled all the cables out including power and plugged them all in again, it came straight to life as if nothing had been wrong. Earlier I had checked the cables were securely seated but that didn't work but for some reason pulling everything out and replugging it did work. Computers....strange beasts at the best of times and still we cannot live without them. Cheers	Guest (0)
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