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#1 2011-03-16 23:04:59

Behemot
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Parallel port printing problem

I was printing quite fine on LaserJet 2100 (I was even surprised how easily I've set it all up, thought it woudl be more compliacted). I even tried different drivers, all worked fine so far. Now I acquired LaserJet 2200 which has USB in addition to LPT so I can print on my desktop via USB and on laptop via LPT.

I'll have USB cable no sooner than tomorrow so I tried to print on LPT on the 2200 as for now. But only strange line of letters came out every time and the printing job never finished, it was still printing the same crappy line of some stuff again and again. I even deleted all the 2100 printers I have set up and added only the 2200 but it was still the same.

So I wanted to try at least the refiled toner (I bought 5 these toners and the 2200 was extra bonus) on my 2100 so I added it. But what, the same problem. When I try test pages, there comes something like lines of settings for the printer and it still wants to print infinite. I noticed there is 5012 error in HPLIPS. I tried setting the printers up in CUPS and HPLIP also, under root and normal user, still the same for both. Reinstalling HPLIP didn't help, different drivers behave the same way. What's wrong? Printers should be fine, testing page directly on them cames out good.

Even it worked before without being in lp group, I added myself to it, but I still get the same communication error. I'll also look for another parallel cable, but that would be strange, the cable was working before - I've printed several hundred pages in past few weeks.

ADD// tried USB printer (2200), printed under Win 7 on desktop and Arch on laptop (not flawlessly, I did not succeed in printing with EconoMode under any of the systems), however using the parallel it behaved the same crappy way. I could not print now because I disassembled the 2200 little too much during process of changing some moving (rubber) parts between the two. Now 2100 works, 2200 blinks all the time…

Last edited by Behemot (2011-03-18 10:24:04)

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#2 2011-03-17 08:34:07

Behemot
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Re: Parallel port printing problem

First win is that it shows no communication error anymore, but why I get the strange line full of nonsense instead the text or images I want to print?

Last edited by Behemot (2011-03-18 10:23:44)

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#3 2011-03-18 17:04:07

Behemot
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Re: Parallel port printing problem

Tried under XP, same problem, so I got another LPT cable somewhere -> print good under XP. Tried under Arch, some strange stuff, changed HP driver for HPCUPS, LJ 2100 prints fine.

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#4 2011-03-19 07:10:09

MyR
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Re: Parallel port printing problem

Behemot wrote:

Tried under XP, same problem, so I got another LPT cable somewhere -> print good under XP. Tried under Arch, some strange stuff, changed HP driver for HPCUPS, LJ 2100 prints fine.

Have you considered the fact that there may be something wrong with the printer and/or connection?


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#5 2011-03-19 13:13:28

Behemot
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Re: Parallel port printing problem

You quoted message where I wrote it was bad cable, is there something you don't understand? Maybe I've not written it clear enough…

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#6 2011-03-19 13:23:29

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Re: Parallel port printing problem

Indeed, I do understand that you sorted your problem out.
However, you said "LJ 2100 prints fine".
So I wonder what happened to the LJ 2200 printer? Isn't this post suppose to be about your LJ2200?
Perhaps MyR didn't understand that part too?


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#7 2011-03-19 16:28:36

Behemot
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Re: Parallel port printing problem

It's in the first post, I've disassembled it little too much, it's back in one piece now but there is probably something wrong inside - the printer blinks all the time, it do not even print test page. I'll try to repair it, if I won't succeed, another destroyed thing due to my stupidity…

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