XP Printer / LPT1 Problem

Had problem with my HP 932C and Win XP on my new
Compaq... found e-mailing with HP support really helped.
You'll have a change to grade yourself on type of user
(expert etc) when using their online cust support...
check off Novice so directions are detailed. Only problem
was at the end, I had the wrong "printer" set as default
so after you're all done, check all installed copies of
your printer.
>-----Original Message-----
>XP was installed over Win98 on a Dell Dimension 400 but
>can't print to Epson Action Laser 1500 which emulates HP
>Laser Jet III/IIID. All the XP printer troubleshooting
>helps were tried to no avail. Ping LPT1 and response
>is "The system cannot find the file specified." Delete
>and reinstall printers and drivers does nothing. No
>driver updates found for Epson or HP printers. All this
>was before going on-line and XP being infected with the
>Blaster RPC worm (probably on my hard drive but not
>activate under Win98). Blaster now removed but LPT1
port
>still not found nor recognized by the XP Device
Manager.
>Could this be due to Blaster presence or is there a
>reason XP doesn't recognize LPT1? Any ideas? - HK
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