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[Guest]

I have an XP Pro computer with an HP PSC500 connected by printer port. I try
to share with other XP Home computers through home network. It worked for a
few times, but then sometimes it would stop sending print files from other
computers at 900KB or it wouldn't print at all and say error. Problem did
not occur before SP2.
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[Guest]

Hi,

try a manual removal of the printers and then test. See steps below:

Steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit and click OK.
2. Delete all the contents of the following registry keys:

•
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\WindowsNT x86\Drivers\Version-2
•
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\WindowsNT x86\Drivers\Version-3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers

3. Check the following registry key for third-party monitors. Remove any
non-default monitors:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors

ï¶ The default port monitors are:

AppleTalk Printing Devices (When Services for Macintosh is installed)
BJ Language Monitor
Local Port
PJL Language Monitor
Standard TCP/IP Port
USB Monitor
Windows NT Fax Monitor

4. Check the following registry key for third-party print providers. Remove
any non-default print providers:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers

ï¶ The default print providers are:

Internet Print Provider
LanMan Print Provider

5. Delete the printer driver files:

• Delete all drivers from the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Spool\Drivers\W32x86 folder.

6. Restart Windows.
7. Re-install the printer drivers.
8. Test to see if you are able to print.


Regards,
Kit

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

For your future reference, this is fairly well documented at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312052 and
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm.

Also, the cleanspl program from the Resource Kit does essentially the same
thing
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en).

 

[Guest]

I've figured out that sp2 does change the bios settings of the printer lpt1
port. My setting was set for ECP+EPP. I changed it to ECP and now my
printing and scanning capabilities are working fine. Still unsure if my
printer sharing network is fully working yet.