Windows update stops printing?

[ay]

Same thing! I downloaded virus patch, and, BOOM, no HP
6MP. However, I can print to the HP 5550 connected through
the same USB hub. So far no response from Dell or
Microsoft. Hmmmm.
>-----Original Message-----
>In the last few days I used the windowsupdate to update
my Windows XP.
>Since that upgrade I have been unable to print from most
of my applications.
>The only applications that will allow printing are Adobe
Acrobat and MS
>Access. If I convert my documents to Adobe Acrobat
format, they will print
>from Acrobat 6.0. Otherwise, besides MS Access nothing
else prints. I get
>one of two things that happens when I try to print
>1. I get a printer error:
> ERROR: syntaxerror
> OFFENDING COMMAND: ==image (or nostringval or
PScript_WinNT_Inc)
>2. Nothing happens. The file goes to the printer, but
nothing happens.
>
>So, did the latest XP Security update screw up my
printing? My Windows 2000
>Server and my Macintosh OSX 10.1 both still print to the
same network
>printer without skipping a beat.
>
>Setup:
>OS: Windows XP Pro with all latest updates
>Office 2002 Pro(10.xxxx.3501)
>Acrobat Pro 6.0
>
>Printer:HP Laserjet 6MP with latest drivers
> printing through an HP JetDirect EXPlus box.
>
>Any ideas of how I might cure this problem? Anyone else
reporting the same
>problem?
>
>Thanks for any information.
>
>Dick Marcum

>
>
>.
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Start, Run (type) sfc /scannow (enter)

see if this fixes the problem.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"ay" > wrote in message
...
> Same thing! I downloaded virus patch, and, BOOM, no HP
> 6MP. However, I can print to the HP 5550 connected through
> the same USB hub. So far no response from Dell or
> Microsoft. Hmmmm.