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Thread ID: 80553 2007-06-27 09:13:00 Printer or PC problem? rocky138 (10636) Press F1
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563420 2007-06-27 09:13:00 I have come across a problem with a PC running XP & a hp desktop 3820 printer.
Both had been running happily together for several Months.
The PC lost coms with the printer. Still accepted documents & stored them in the que. No faults or errors came up. Was still shown as default printer.
Reinstalled the drv & it worked fine until next startup then had same prob.
Swaped the serial cable for usb & problem went away.
Curious as to whether the fault was with the printer or the pc.
Tryed the printer on a different XP PC with serial, no probs.
Tryed a different printer on original PC with serial, no probs.
Still none the wiser, any ideas?
rocky138 (10636)
563421 2007-06-27 09:38:00 Curious as to whether the fault was with the printer or the pc.

... or the cable? (parallel not serial). My next step would be to try another printer cable.
johnd (85)
563422 2007-06-27 09:57:00 Sorry, yes indeed parallel, slip of the brain.
First thing I tryed was another cable.
rocky138 (10636)
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