cant print until reboot

[Bill Stenzel]

There are a total of 3 computers in my home LAN, a 4200 Dell desktop, a
8100 Dell Inspiron Laptop, and the 8200 Dell Desktop having the HP R40
attached. All are running Windows XP Home at SP2. I frequently don't
reboot the 8200 for a week or more at a time.

XP Home with SP2 installed. HP R40 locally attached to Dell 8200. Home
Ethernet LAN. After a day or two of continuous up time, the other
computers on the LAN can no longer print to the R40. The jobs get stuck
in the print spool queue with the first job showing error, unable to
print. If I reboot the computer the spool will print out everything in
the queue OK, and everything will be OK for a day or two. Then the same
thing happens again with remotely spooled print jobs. Any ideas?

(The screen image of the control panel spool entry is attached)

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

If it's attached to the 8200 by USB, ensure that the USB ports in the Device
Manager are not set to put themselves in 'sleep' mode if not used for a
while.
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com

"Bill Stenzel" <Bill Stenzel at comcast.net> wrote in message
...
> There are a total of 3 computers in my home LAN, a 4200 Dell desktop, a
> 8100 Dell Inspiron Laptop, and the 8200 Dell Desktop having the HP R40
> attached. All are running Windows XP Home at SP2. I frequently don't
> reboot the 8200 for a week or more at a time.
>
> XP Home with SP2 installed. HP R40 locally attached to Dell 8200. Home
> Ethernet LAN. After a day or two of continuous up time, the other
> computers on the LAN can no longer print to the R40. The jobs get stuck
> in the print spool queue with the first job showing error, unable to
> print. If I reboot the computer the spool will print out everything in
> the queue OK, and everything will be OK for a day or two. Then the same
> thing happens again with remotely spooled print jobs. Any ideas?
>
> (The screen image of the control panel spool entry is attached)
>
>
>
>

[Bill Stenzel]

The local printer is on LPT1 (ECP) (default settings - never use an
interrupt/use automatic settings)

"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> If it's attached to the 8200 by USB, ensure that the USB ports in the
> Device Manager are not set to put themselves in 'sleep' mode if not used
> for a while.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
> www.coribright.com
>
> "Bill Stenzel" <Bill Stenzel at comcast.net> wrote in message
> ...
>> There are a total of 3 computers in my home LAN, a 4200 Dell desktop, a
>> 8100 Dell Inspiron Laptop, and the 8200 Dell Desktop having the HP R40
>> attached. All are running Windows XP Home at SP2. I frequently don't
>> reboot the 8200 for a week or more at a time.
>>
>> XP Home with SP2 installed. HP R40 locally attached to Dell 8200. Home
>> Ethernet LAN. After a day or two of continuous up time, the other
>> computers on the LAN can no longer print to the R40. The jobs get stuck
>> in the print spool queue with the first job showing error, unable to
>> print. If I reboot the computer the spool will print out everything in
>> the queue OK, and everything will be OK for a day or two. Then the same
>> thing happens again with remotely spooled print jobs. Any ideas?
>>
>> (The screen image of the control panel spool entry is attached)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>