hi
Driving me nuts.
All was working smoothly for many months until a print job jammed and would not delete. So having resolved all this, I can no longer get the printer to print. I suspect something got damaged either when the job stuck or when I cleared out the mess.
Printer is in Tosh M10 connected via USB->parallel connector. (Used to be connected to parallel port in docking station but the port will not respond after PC sleeps and then resumes)
Another PC connects to this over a home (wired) network
Both PCs are on Windows 7.
And everything worked fine. I actually used the LJ6P driver because printing pictures via postscript (the 6MP/Postrscript default) is terminally slow.
Now what happens is this
Printer self-test works fine and reports no problems
Printer test print works fine.
Print test page from windows 7 is garbage - lines of small (6pt?) random characters, some overprinting - basically garbage.
I have deleted printers from devices and printers (also printers and printer drivers from print management), rebooted and reinstalled printers and drivers until I am sick of it.
I have tried LPT1 and the USB port
I have tried installing the printer on a different computer (the one that normally accesses it via the network)
Nothing changes.
I have tried to ensiure fresh drivers were downloaded but I am not clear whether I managed to achieve this. IN fact I suspect not.
In desparation, I dug out an old XP laptop with an actual parallel port plugged in the printer (which had the printer installed on iun a few years back) and the ir printed perfectly first time.
So, its not the parallel cable, its not the printer.
Its most unlikely to be the USB->parallel cable (because the symptoms are the same if plugged into the docking station parallel port)
Whats left - the drivers - unless anyone has a better idea?
So, how do I download a fresh set of drivers?
If I can do that, is it sufficient to delete all printers; delete all drivers; reboot and reinstall all printers?
And what do I have to do to ensure windows uses the fresh set of drivers - assuming I can download them
Thanks for any suggestions
TFAI