I am having a problem printing from my desktop with XP Pro
installed. The computer is fairly new and I performed a
clean install on a new HD for XP. I have a Epson printer
that prints through a USB connection. If I try to print
from my desktop the screen displays vertical bars and
freezes. I can print fine from my laptop which also has
XP Pro. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas what might
be causing it. I was thinking it might be a USB problem,
but wasn't sure how to go about checking.

It's unlikely to be a USB problem but far more probably the drivers have
become corrupted. Uninstall and reinstall using:

http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
--
Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0db001c4a0cf$07157e20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am having a problem printing from my desktop with XP Pro
> installed. The computer is fairly new and I performed a
> clean install on a new HD for XP. I have a Epson printer
> that prints through a USB connection. If I try to print
> from my desktop the screen displays vertical bars and
> freezes. I can print fine from my laptop which also has
> XP Pro. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas what might
> be causing it. I was thinking it might be a USB problem,
> but wasn't sure how to go about checking.
>

I'll give it a try. I had already tried uninstalling and
reinstalling from the disk, but maybe this will be
different.


>-----Original Message-----
>It's unlikely to be a USB problem but far more probably
the drivers have
>become corrupted. Uninstall and reinstall using:
>
>http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
>--
>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>www.coribright.com
>
>"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:0db001c4a0cf$07157e20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I am having a problem printing from my desktop with XP
Pro
>> installed. The computer is fairly new and I performed a
>> clean install on a new HD for XP. I have a Epson
printer
>> that prints through a USB connection. If I try to print
>> from my desktop the screen displays vertical bars and
>> freezes. I can print fine from my laptop which also has
>> XP Pro. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas what
might
>> be causing it. I was thinking it might be a USB
problem,
>> but wasn't sure how to go about checking.
>>
>
>
>
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>

I gave your idea a shot, but I ended up with the same
result. I checked event viewer and 5 seconds after the
print was initiated I have 2 log files stating that a
database engine failed. Went to the Microsoft link, but
that didn't seem too helpful.


>-----Original Message-----
>It's unlikely to be a USB problem but far more probably
the drivers have
>become corrupted. Uninstall and reinstall using:
>
>http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
>--
>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>www.coribright.com
>
>"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:0db001c4a0cf$07157e20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I am having a problem printing from my desktop with XP
Pro
>> installed. The computer is fairly new and I performed
a
>> clean install on a new HD for XP. I have a Epson
printer
>> that prints through a USB connection. If I try to
print
>> from my desktop the screen displays vertical bars and
>> freezes. I can print fine from my laptop which also
has
>> XP Pro. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas what
might
>> be causing it. I was thinking it might be a USB
problem,
>> but wasn't sure how to go about checking.
>>
>
>
>
>.
>

A database engine? From what application are you printing? What model
Epson?
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:11b001c4a10d$8e8823b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I gave your idea a shot, but I ended up with the same
> result. I checked event viewer and 5 seconds after the
> print was initiated I have 2 log files stating that a
> database engine failed. Went to the Microsoft link, but
> that didn't seem too helpful.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>It's unlikely to be a USB problem but far more probably
> the drivers have
>>become corrupted. Uninstall and reinstall using:
>>
>>http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
>>--
>>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>>www.coribright.com
>>
>>"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
>>news:0db001c4a0cf$07157e20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I am having a problem printing from my desktop with XP
> Pro
>>> installed. The computer is fairly new and I performed
> a
>>> clean install on a new HD for XP. I have a Epson
> printer
>>> that prints through a USB connection. If I try to
> print
>>> from my desktop the screen displays vertical bars and
>>> freezes. I can print fine from my laptop which also
> has
>>> XP Pro. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas what
> might
>>> be causing it. I was thinking it might be a USB
> problem,
>>> but wasn't sure how to go about checking.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>

Appreciate the help. I ended up figuring it out after an
hour or two of playing with the settings last night. I
had configured spooling on one page but had not enabled it
on another. After that it's been working great.


>-----Original Message-----
>A database engine? From what application are you
printing? What model
>Epson?
>--
>Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging &
Hardware)
>www.coribright.com
>
>"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:11b001c4a10d$8e8823b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I gave your idea a shot, but I ended up with the same
>> result. I checked event viewer and 5 seconds after the
>> print was initiated I have 2 log files stating that a
>> database engine failed. Went to the Microsoft link, but
>> that didn't seem too helpful.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>It's unlikely to be a USB problem but far more probably
>> the drivers have
>>>become corrupted. Uninstall and reinstall using:
>>>
>>>http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article%20One.htm
>>>--
>>>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>>>www.coribright.com
>>>
>>>"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:0db001c4a0cf$07157e20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>I am having a problem printing from my desktop with XP
>> Pro
>>>> installed. The computer is fairly new and I performed
>> a
>>>> clean install on a new HD for XP. I have a Epson
>> printer
>>>> that prints through a USB connection. If I try to
>> print
>>>> from my desktop the screen displays vertical bars and
>>>> freezes. I can print fine from my laptop which also
>> has
>>>> XP Pro. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas what
>> might
>>>> be causing it. I was thinking it might be a USB
>> problem,
>>>> but wasn't sure how to go about checking.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>
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>
>
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