Network Printer Only Printing ASCII

[danief]

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?!

 

[Chuck]

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?

 

[Tom Ferguson]

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.co...difyGuest&prod=hl1440_all&reg=us&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