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Thread ID: 63851 2005-11-24 22:57:00 Panasonic KX-P6100 Printer Driver Error DerekE (9305) Press F1
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407360 2005-11-24 22:57:00 My printer stopped printing and told me it couldn't read a file named C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SUMOMON.DLL I tried to reinstall the driver from the floppies, but part-way through the 1st of 2 disks the same error message appeared. The same happened when I tried to install the driver from the maker's website. Can any one help me? DerekE (9305)
407361 2005-11-24 23:02:00 panasonic.com.au 69,277,220,283,209,280,204,281,282,207,210,208,211 ,202,505,630,218,279,217,216,206,213,272,214,274,2 66,221,203,205,215

google 15 seconds....... :-)
drcspy (146)
407362 2005-11-24 23:23:00 Welcome to PressF1, Derek. It does seem to be a known problem; probably a consequence of the operating systems which have problems being made after the printer.

Google is a wonderful resource ... just entering the name of the file giving problems: "sumomon.dll" brought up links with the fix, which seems to be : delete the printer icon, then the DLL file, either with a utility (as mentioned in this WMe specific (www.mec.co.nz/support/windowsme.htm) page) or with a DOS command before reinstalling the driver.

drcspy: you know, and I know, how to find out these things. Derek didn't. So he asked here. ;)
Graham L (2)
407363 2005-11-25 23:41:00 Thanks Graham - I'd searched using "Panasonic.... " and found the manufacturer's site - no mention there of the fix, hence my turning to PressF1 for help. Perhaps the other contributor should take something for his dyspepsia...? DerekE (9305)
407364 2005-11-26 01:53:00 Graham: When I tried to fix the fault I followed the instructions and ran ..DELETE.EXE; there was no reference to deleting the icon. The icon's gone now (but I might have deleted it after trying to reinstall).
I've done a search of .dll files, and have found several WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ files of interest, viz Sumodumy.dll, Sumomon.dll and Sumospin.dll (and possibly Panmap.dll). Should I delete these?
Via System Tools>Sytem Information>Components>Network>Problem Devices I found this:
KME KX-P6100 PRINTER
This Device Has a Problem: Code=28 (0x1C)
The drivers for this device are not installed correctly. To install the driver for this device, click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver.
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\LPTENUM\PANASONICKX-P6100FEEC\ACPI&*PNP0400&00000001
Alloc resources: None
Forced resources: None
Boot resources: None
Filtered resources: None
Basic resources: None
Driver: Driver Not Installed

Should I "click the Driver tab, and then click update driver" as suggested - if so, where do I find the tab?
Should I edit the Registry to delete the file there? If so, I've forgotten the way there and am unsure of the procedure when I get there -- the last time I got involved in that area was about 4 years ago, and I'm no expert as you will have gathered....
Any help will be greatly appreciated - what's your poison?
DerekE (9305)
407365 2005-11-26 02:34:00 Ummm . I just had a quick look at the page which was Windows ME related, so I am going by what that said .

The problem seems to be that one DLL complained about, which stops the reinstall of the driver . I would delete only that one .

The "Driver" tab would normally appear when you look at the "Properties" page for the printer . Go to the Printers page, and if the icon is in there, right-click on it, and select properties . If the icon has gone, you probably can't access its Properties page . ;) In that case, just Add a Printer, and go through the driver installation, using "Have Disk" and "Browse" if necessary . (I'd go for the newer driver, I think, rather than the one on floppies . )
Graham L (2)
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