Peripherals: NEC Printer/Compaq Laptop

by dougbrow - 1/14/04 8:56 PM

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NEC Printer/Compaq Laptop

by dougbrow - 1/14/04 8:56 PM

We have an older Compaq laptop connected to an NEC 860 Superscript printer. When you go to print, the little printer icon flashes on very briefly on the taskbar and then it disappears-and printer doesn't print. In the device manager, the message indicates that the printer is working properly (but it isn't). Anybody have this problem and what have you done to solve problem? Thanks. PS OS is Win 98.

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Re:NEC Printer/Compaq Laptop

by R. Proffitt

- 1/15/04 5:04 AM In reply to: NEC Printer/Compaq Laptop by dougbrow

The last time this sort of thing happened it was a dead printer port. The owner paid dearly as I charged them for the priviledge of a lesson in electronics, schematics, parallel interfaces and the use of an oscilloscope as well as the loopback parallel port tester. Not that I didn't mind, but they wanted "proof" the parallel port was dead. It was only 100 for the hour, but they were not so upset but that the laptop parallel port is only repaired by changing the motherboard...

That's one possibility. You would also install printer drivers, try other printer cables, try another printer and if you have a LAN, try to print over a network to avoid the cost of a new motherboard.

Best of luck,

Bob

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