Canon BJC 4200 wont print

[Piers]

My new laptop with XP doesn't have a parallel port and my
Canon bjc 4200sp printer doesn't have a USB port so I
bought a USB-centronics cable. So now the printer won't
print even though I get a new printer installed message
when I tested a new printer driver and rebooted. I
removed all old drivers. I am using the USB100 port.

Perhaps I should buy a new printer. If I buy one of
those all-in-one printer/fax/scanner things, will that
work in XP? I've seen info to the contrary. Any advice
would be welcome.

TIA, Piers

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

I am personally NOT a fan of any all in one unit whether it be a
printer/fax/scanner or something like TV/DVD/VCR.... if one component fails,
you're left with either having to buy a whole new unit, or accept the fact
that you can live without the one that fails.

I am however quite a fan of USB printers! The new units are much faster and
produce much better resolution than the older units... having worked up from
a BJC-4000 to the 4400 to the 8200 and now having an S600, 800 and an i950,
I'd never go back to a printer that had the tri-color ink cartridge. The
separate ones are much more economical.

Ask yourself whether it's worth your buying an all in one... do you really
do that much faxing? I do have a separate USB2.0 scanner. I do quite a lot
of scanning. But they're still separate units!

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Piers" > wrote in message
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> My new laptop with XP doesn't have a parallel port and my
> Canon bjc 4200sp printer doesn't have a USB port so I
> bought a USB-centronics cable. So now the printer won't
> print even though I get a new printer installed message
> when I tested a new printer driver and rebooted. I
> removed all old drivers. I am using the USB100 port.
>
> Perhaps I should buy a new printer. If I buy one of
> those all-in-one printer/fax/scanner things, will that
> work in XP? I've seen info to the contrary. Any advice
> would be welcome.
>
> TIA, Piers

[Piers]

Thanks for the advice Cari. I already have a scanner and
I have yet to find a cable to connect it to my USB port.
I suppose I will get the same problem I have with my
printer. I despair at the blatant greed of suppliers who
won't support older systems in order to force people to
buy new kit. There is a lesson here. Don't buy a new
computer without a serial and a parallel port.

Piers
>-----Original Message-----
>I am personally NOT a fan of any all in one unit whether
it be a
>printer/fax/scanner or something like TV/DVD/VCR.... if
one component fails,
>you're left with either having to buy a whole new unit,
or accept the fact
>that you can live without the one that fails.
>
>I am however quite a fan of USB printers! The new units
are much faster and
>produce much better resolution than the older units...
having worked up from
>a BJC-4000 to the 4400 to the 8200 and now having an
S600, 800 and an i950,
>I'd never go back to a printer that had the tri-color
ink cartridge. The
>separate ones are much more economical.
>
>Ask yourself whether it's worth your buying an all in
one... do you really
>do that much faxing? I do have a separate USB2.0
scanner. I do quite a lot
>of scanning. But they're still separate units!
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com
>
>"Piers" > wrote in
message
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>> My new laptop with XP doesn't have a parallel port and
my
>> Canon bjc 4200sp printer doesn't have a USB port so I
>> bought a USB-centronics cable. So now the printer
won't
>> print even though I get a new printer installed message
>> when I tested a new printer driver and rebooted. I
>> removed all old drivers. I am using the USB100 port.
>>
>> Perhaps I should buy a new printer. If I buy one of
>> those all-in-one printer/fax/scanner things, will that
>> work in XP? I've seen info to the contrary. Any
advice
>> would be welcome.
>>
>> TIA, Piers
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