Re: Epson EPL 4100

[Victor D.]

Did you install the XP print driver for that printer?

"James Edge" > wrote in message
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> ok heres the score, my friend gave me a working Epson EPL 4100 printer
after my old printer died, it appears to be working fine and prints its test
pages fine and when i connect it to my laptop it auto detects the parallel
connection as the input source and laptop was able to detect it after i
installed it manualy but when i print a test page it comes out as pages of
garbage charecters
>
> Windows XP Home
> IBM Thinkpad R40e
> 2.0Ghz Celeron-M 256k 400fsb
> 256mb Infineon DDR
> Radeon Mobility 7500 16mb
>
> ive tried the parallel port in bi-directional and uni-directional modes
but no joy, i carnt test the RS232 connector cos my laptop dosnt have a
port, and the printer has no network module

[James Edge]

yes XP had a driver built in which i chose from the list

[Victor D.]

Did you leave the printer disconnected from the computer when you installed
the driver? If you didn't you'll have to uninstall driver, disconnect
printer, reinstall driver and reconnect printer after driver is installed.
You should be prompted when to connect printer after install from wizard.

"James Edge" > wrote in message
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> yes XP had a driver built in which i chose from the list

[James Edge]

is it safe to connect parallel devices with the machine swithed on? there pre plug n plag n my mate lost his ps2 ports msiing with connectors with the power on

[Victor D.]

No, you have to shut computer off to connect the printer to computer with a
prallel port.

"James Edge" > wrote in message
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> is it safe to connect parallel devices with the machine swithed on? there
pre plug n plag n my mate lost his ps2 ports msiing with connectors with the
power on

[Victor D.]

Before you do that read this article:
http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20One.htm


"Victor D." > wrote in message
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> No, you have to shut computer off to connect the printer to computer with
a
> prallel port.
>
> "James Edge" > wrote in message
> ...
> > is it safe to connect parallel devices with the machine swithed on?
there
> pre plug n plag n my mate lost his ps2 ports msiing with connectors with
the
> power on
>
>