HP Laser Jet 4L wont print running Windos XP

[DGonz]

I am running Windows XP Pro, my PC is a Dell Dimension.
As soon as I upgraded from Windows ME to XP pro, my HP
Laser Jet 4L stopped responding. This is what I did,
1.Checked my BIOS to "ECP", 2. Deleted the printer and
drivers, 3. On port LPT 1 changed settings to
disabled "Enable bidirectional support" 4. click "use any
interupt assigned to the port"
IT WORKED GOOD...UNTIL I HAD TO RE-BOOT OR TURN OFF THE
MACHINE. When the machine would come back from a re-boot.
I had to do the whole process.
IS THERE A WAY NOT TO GO THROUGHT THE WHOLE PROCESS IF I
HAVE TO RE-BOOT?
Thanks for any suggestions.
D.Gonzalez

[Thomas Ferguson]

Please clarify the setting of the port LPT1 in your system's BIOS. Is it set
to SPP or similar?
--

Tom
MSMVP PS-D


"DGonz" > wrote in message
...
> I am running Windows XP Pro, my PC is a Dell Dimension.
> As soon as I upgraded from Windows ME to XP pro, my HP
> Laser Jet 4L stopped responding. This is what I did,
> 1.Checked my BIOS to "ECP", 2. Deleted the printer and
> drivers, 3. On port LPT 1 changed settings to
> disabled "Enable bidirectional support" 4. click "use any
> interupt assigned to the port"
> IT WORKED GOOD...UNTIL I HAD TO RE-BOOT OR TURN OFF THE
> MACHINE. When the machine would come back from a re-boot.
> I had to do the whole process.
> IS THERE A WAY NOT TO GO THROUGHT THE WHOLE PROCESS IF I
> HAVE TO RE-BOOT?
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> D.Gonzalez

[DGonz]

Tom, I changed my BIOS to EPP, that fixed the problem.

Thank You so Much.

DGonz.


>-----Original Message-----
>Please clarify the setting of the port LPT1 in your
system's BIOS. Is it set
>to SPP or similar?
>--
>
>Tom
>MSMVP PS-D
>
>
>"DGonz" > wrote in message
...
>> I am running Windows XP Pro, my PC is a Dell Dimension.
>> As soon as I upgraded from Windows ME to XP pro, my HP
>> Laser Jet 4L stopped responding. This is what I did,
>> 1.Checked my BIOS to "ECP", 2. Deleted the printer and
>> drivers, 3. On port LPT 1 changed settings to
>> disabled "Enable bidirectional support" 4. click "use
any
>> interupt assigned to the port"
>> IT WORKED GOOD...UNTIL I HAD TO RE-BOOT OR TURN OFF THE
>> MACHINE. When the machine would come back from a re-
boot.
>> I had to do the whole process.
>> IS THERE A WAY NOT TO GO THROUGHT THE WHOLE PROCESS IF
I
>> HAVE TO RE-BOOT?
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>> D.Gonzalez
>
>
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