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| 451742 | 2006-05-03 11:20:00 | I use a Brother HL-1430 printer with my Athlon 64/Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 running Windows XP Home. The printer does not work the first time I try to use it after the computer wakes from hibernation or standby. If I repeat the instruction to print, the printer operates normally and continues to do so for the duration of the session. If I shut the system down and boot from cold, the printer works normally. Any ideas? Thanks. | bryan Whitlock (10344) | ||
| 451743 | 2006-05-03 21:30:00 | Try disabling hibernation. See if it gets any better. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 451744 | 2006-05-03 22:16:00 | Hibernation and Standby mode was primarily designed for laptop hardware. Yet to see desktop hardware that is free of reliability issues after its been used (then again I have only tried about a dozen or so combinations on different systems over the years). I am sure there will be some hardware combinations it's OK on. Just not a lot. Then there is the issue of software, not all of that likes hibernating as well. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 451745 | 2006-05-06 04:36:00 | Thanks, Speedy G. I had disabled hibernation. I will do the same to Standby and see. Also, I will run Hijackthis as you suggest. I don't suspect any spyware, but it is good to be sure. Bryan | bryan Whitlock (10344) | ||
| 451746 | 2006-05-06 04:39:00 | Thanks, Godfather. Are you suggesting there can be problems after trying and abandoning Hibernation and Standby? One thought just occurred to me. The printer runs on a parallel port. I could try changing it to USB. Bryan | bryan Whitlock (10344) | ||
| 451747 | 2006-05-06 04:50:00 | It might be a USB "advanced feature" . I think all USB devices have an option hidden away in their "Properties" which allows the OS to "turn off this device when idle" . It's intended for power saving in laptops . The first access might restart the USB port, and the second one gets acces to the printer . ;) Whenever I find this checkbox I turn it off . :cool: XPerts might know where it's found for a USB printer in XP . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 451748 | 2006-05-06 07:37:00 | Try to reinsert paper or press F5 under the printers dialog box to refresh it or go to menu to select it. | Nomad (952) | ||
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