Canon BJC 4200 wont print

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Piers

My new laptop with XP doesn't have a parallel port and my
Canon bjc 4200sp printer doesn't have a USB port so I
bought a USB-centronics cable. So now the printer won't
print even though I get a new printer installed message
when I tested a new printer driver and rebooted. I
removed all old drivers. I am using the USB100 port.

Perhaps I should buy a new printer. If I buy one of
those all-in-one printer/fax/scanner things, will that
work in XP? I've seen info to the contrary. Any advice
would be welcome.

TIA, Piers
 
I am personally NOT a fan of any all in one unit whether it be a
printer/fax/scanner or something like TV/DVD/VCR.... if one component fails,
you're left with either having to buy a whole new unit, or accept the fact
that you can live without the one that fails.

I am however quite a fan of USB printers! The new units are much faster and
produce much better resolution than the older units... having worked up from
a BJC-4000 to the 4400 to the 8200 and now having an S600, 800 and an i950,
I'd never go back to a printer that had the tri-color ink cartridge. The
separate ones are much more economical.

Ask yourself whether it's worth your buying an all in one... do you really
do that much faxing? I do have a separate USB2.0 scanner. I do quite a lot
of scanning. But they're still separate units!

Cari
www.coribright.com
 
Thanks for the advice Cari. I already have a scanner and
I have yet to find a cable to connect it to my USB port.
I suppose I will get the same problem I have with my
printer. I despair at the blatant greed of suppliers who
won't support older systems in order to force people to
buy new kit. There is a lesson here. Don't buy a new
computer without a serial and a parallel port.

Piers
 
Parallel ports are (thankfully) on the way out along with gameport
controllers, serial ports and floppy drives. USB is the way forward. We
have to move on..... we don't have 5 1/4" floppies anymore! We got over
that hurdle, now we just have a few more before the end of the 'race' is in
sight!

Cari
www.coribright.com
 
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