HP Printer Error on Selected Documents

[Joe T]

(I may have inadvertantly posted this on another
newsgroup)

I'm running a new system with XP Home with my old HP 5L
printer. Never had problems in Win98. Now, when I try
to print certain (more complex) pages from the web, or a
Word document with a lot of email hyperlinks, or most any
file with graphics or pictures, the printer goes to error
mode and either won't print at all or prints a few pages
of junk. Smaller, less involved web pages and Word
documents are no problem and print fine.

I have checked for driver updates from HP. There are
none.
I have reloaded the printer drivers. Problem persists.
I have replaced the printer cable to 1284. Problem
persists.
I installed an HP 4L for comparison, and encountered the
same problem.

Any new ideas on what I can do to solve this problem?

Thanks

Joe T

[Victor D.]

Does this printer have an XP driver installed?


"Joe T" > wrote in message
...
> (I may have inadvertantly posted this on another
> newsgroup)
>
> I'm running a new system with XP Home with my old HP 5L
> printer. Never had problems in Win98. Now, when I try
> to print certain (more complex) pages from the web, or a
> Word document with a lot of email hyperlinks, or most any
> file with graphics or pictures, the printer goes to error
> mode and either won't print at all or prints a few pages
> of junk. Smaller, less involved web pages and Word
> documents are no problem and print fine.
>
> I have checked for driver updates from HP. There are
> none.
> I have reloaded the printer drivers. Problem persists.
> I have replaced the printer cable to 1284. Problem
> persists.
> I installed an HP 4L for comparison, and encountered the
> same problem.
>
> Any new ideas on what I can do to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe T
>

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

Did you correctly uninstall them eact time? If you missed out on step 4,
you're still using the old corrupted drivers.
http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20One.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Joe T" > wrote in message
...
> Yes. I originally set it up with the HP 5L driver from
> the XP install wizard. Had the problem. I then loaded
> the original driver the printer came with. Same
> problem. So I reinstalled the Windows XP driver again.
> All with the same printer error results.
>
> Joe
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Does this printer have an XP driver installed?
> >
> >
> >"Joe T" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> (I may have inadvertantly posted this on another
> >> newsgroup)
> >>
> >> I'm running a new system with XP Home with my old HP 5L
> >> printer. Never had problems in Win98. Now, when I try
> >> to print certain (more complex) pages from the web, or
> a
> >> Word document with a lot of email hyperlinks, or most
> any
> >> file with graphics or pictures, the printer goes to
> error
> >> mode and either won't print at all or prints a few
> pages
> >> of junk. Smaller, less involved web pages and Word
> >> documents are no problem and print fine.
> >>
> >> I have checked for driver updates from HP. There are
> >> none.
> >> I have reloaded the printer drivers. Problem persists.
> >> I have replaced the printer cable to 1284. Problem
> >> persists.
> >> I installed an HP 4L for comparison, and encountered
> the
> >> same problem.
> >>
> >> Any new ideas on what I can do to solve this problem?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Joe T
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Joe T]

Yes. I originally set it up with the HP 5L driver from
the XP install wizard. Had the problem. I then loaded
the original driver the printer came with. Same
problem. So I reinstalled the Windows XP driver again.
All with the same printer error results.

Joe

>-----Original Message-----
>Does this printer have an XP driver installed?
>
>
>"Joe T" > wrote in
message
...
>> (I may have inadvertantly posted this on another
>> newsgroup)
>>
>> I'm running a new system with XP Home with my old HP 5L
>> printer. Never had problems in Win98. Now, when I try
>> to print certain (more complex) pages from the web, or
a
>> Word document with a lot of email hyperlinks, or most
any
>> file with graphics or pictures, the printer goes to
error
>> mode and either won't print at all or prints a few
pages
>> of junk. Smaller, less involved web pages and Word
>> documents are no problem and print fine.
>>
>> I have checked for driver updates from HP. There are
>> none.
>> I have reloaded the printer drivers. Problem persists.
>> I have replaced the printer cable to 1284. Problem
>> persists.
>> I installed an HP 4L for comparison, and encountered
the
>> same problem.
>>
>> Any new ideas on what I can do to solve this problem?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Joe T
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

Did you correctly uninstall them eact time? If you missed out on step 4,
you're still using the old corrupted drivers.
http://www.coribright.com/Windows/Article%20One.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Joe T" > wrote in message
...
> Yes. I originally set it up with the HP 5L driver from
> the XP install wizard. Had the problem. I then loaded
> the original driver the printer came with. Same
> problem. So I reinstalled the Windows XP driver again.
> All with the same printer error results.
>
> Joe
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Does this printer have an XP driver installed?
> >
> >
> >"Joe T" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> (I may have inadvertantly posted this on another
> >> newsgroup)
> >>
> >> I'm running a new system with XP Home with my old HP 5L
> >> printer. Never had problems in Win98. Now, when I try
> >> to print certain (more complex) pages from the web, or
> a
> >> Word document with a lot of email hyperlinks, or most
> any
> >> file with graphics or pictures, the printer goes to
> error
> >> mode and either won't print at all or prints a few
> pages
> >> of junk. Smaller, less involved web pages and Word
> >> documents are no problem and print fine.
> >>
> >> I have checked for driver updates from HP. There are
> >> none.
> >> I have reloaded the printer drivers. Problem persists.
> >> I have replaced the printer cable to 1284. Problem
> >> persists.
> >> I installed an HP 4L for comparison, and encountered
> the
> >> same problem.
> >>
> >> Any new ideas on what I can do to solve this problem?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Joe T
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >