4l not working after reboot

[Guest]

Every time I reboot my computer (XP professional), it will not send print jobs to my Laserjet 4L. The "data" light flashes briefly, but nothing happens. To get the thing to work, I have to go into the 'device manager' and in the port settings tab for LPT1 change a setting (any setting!)--for example, from 'never use an interrupt' to 'try not to use an interrupt', or visa versa, and then it works fine. Until I have to reboot for some reason. Then I am back to square one

I don't know enough about the port settings to know what they mean, but it doesn't seem to matter how they are set, as long as I change them after a reboot, the computer recognizes the 4L and sends print jobs to it

Any idea why XP pro won't recognize the 4L permanently

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

Try changing the LPT port setting in the BIOS to EPP.
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

Every time I reboot my computer (XP professional), it will not send print

jobs to my Laserjet 4L. The "data" light flashes briefly, but nothing
happens. To get the thing to work, I have to go into the 'device manager'
and in the port settings tab for LPT1 change a setting (any setting!)--for
example, from 'never use an interrupt' to 'try not to use an interrupt', or
visa versa, and then it works fine. Until I have to reboot for some reason.
Then I am back to square one.

I don't know enough about the port settings to know what they mean, but it

doesn't seem to matter how they are set, as long as I change them after a
reboot, the computer recognizes the 4L and sends print jobs to it.

 

[Guest]

And how do I do that

- msc
----- Cari (MS MVP) wrote: ----

Try changing the LPT port setting in the BIOS to EPP
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware
www.coribright.co

jobs to my Laserjet 4L. The "data" light flashes briefly, but nothin
happens. To get the thing to work, I have to go into the 'device manager
and in the port settings tab for LPT1 change a setting (any setting!)--fo
example, from 'never use an interrupt' to 'try not to use an interrupt', o
visa versa, and then it works fine. Until I have to reboot for some reason
Then I am back to square onedoesn't seem to matter how they are set, as long as I change them after
reboot, the computer recognizes the 4L and sends print jobs to it