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Network Printer Only Printing ASCII
Now I could be totally wrong about it printing "ASCII code" but that's what it looks like to me.
I have 2 computers (running vista) hooked up (by a wired/wireless router) to a computer running XP. The network printer is a "Brother HL-1440". Printing FROM xp (which is directly connect to the printer) works just fine. Printing FROM the other PC (running vista) I get some sort of code-- boxes and letters: [][][][][][]sdasd[][][][v][]x[---] similar to that. It will print images, and even the website address on the upper right hand...but no text. People say it's a driver problem but I've updated the drive on the XP CPU. Anyone know what the heck is goin' on here?! |
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Network Printer Only Printing ASCII
It does look like a printer driver version or driver settings problem.
Is there any way that you can connect the Vista machine directly to the printer, and verify that the Vista P/C does/ does not work properly with the printer? And, are you using postscript printing? If so, what version/level? Are the drivers current? Are they "In Box" (included with windows) or drivers downloaded from Brother? There may be a driver option to print "RAW". Try it. The printer seems to be reading non ASCII data as ASCII. This is usually a communication problem, or a driver and or driver option setting related problem. Mismatched drivers between the P/C originating the data and the printer host P/C can cause these symptoms. It would be helpful to know (at least) : The versions of the drivers on each machine and the source of the drivers. The port type used on the non host P/C Are both P/Cs running current versions (Latest SPs,patches) of windows? Have you looked on the Brother website for possible remedies? "danief" wrote in message ... Now I could be totally wrong about it printing "ASCII code" but that's what it looks like to me. I have 2 computers (running vista) hooked up (by a wired/wireless router) to a computer running XP. The network printer is a "Brother HL-1440". Printing FROM xp (which is directly connect to the printer) works just fine. Printing FROM the other PC (running vista) I get some sort of code-- boxes and letters: [][][][][][]sdasd[][][][v][]x[---] similar to that. It will print images, and even the website address on the upper right hand...but no text. People say it's a driver problem but I've updated the drive on the XP CPU. Anyone know what the heck is goin' on here?! -- danief |
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Network Printer Only Printing ASCII
Make sure you have the correct driver installed on the Vista machine. There
is one for the Brother HCL-1440 on the Vista DVD and on the Brother web site. It is a PCL-based printer. http://welcome.solutions.brother.com...c=ca&lang= en Tiny version- http://tinyurl.com/lkzlzo I would delete the present driver from the Vista machine and install the printer again using the version from the Brother web site. Tom Ferguson "danief" wrote in message ... Now I could be totally wrong about it printing "ASCII code" but that's what it looks like to me. I have 2 computers (running vista) hooked up (by a wired/wireless router) to a computer running XP. The network printer is a "Brother HL-1440". Printing FROM xp (which is directly connect to the printer) works just fine. Printing FROM the other PC (running vista) I get some sort of code-- boxes and letters: [][][][][][]sdasd[][][][v][]x[---] similar to that. It will print images, and even the website address on the upper right hand...but no text. People say it's a driver problem but I've updated the drive on the XP CPU. Anyone know what the heck is goin' on here?! -- danief |
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