HP LaserJet 4L and Windows XP Professional

[Guest]

Has anyone ever got the HP Laserjet 4L to print using the Windows XP
professional Operating System. I sure would be interested in knowing the
secret.

 

[Lem]

Has anyone ever got the HP Laserjet 4L to print using the Windows XP
professional Operating System. I sure would be interested in knowing the
secret.

I haven't used the 4L, but until it finally died, I had no problems with
a IIIp. There is a built-in driver for the HP LJ 4L. What problem are
you having? You may have to check the parallel port setting in the
BIOS. If it is set to EPP or ECP, try setting it to "SPP", "Standard"
or "Normal."

The parallel cable must be connected directly to the computer, no
"pass-through" connectors.

If the XP 4L driver doesn't work, some say that the 5L or 6 (or even
III) driver may work.

If you have a win95 or win98 boot floppy (and your current machine has a
floppy drive), boot to DOS and then type
dir > lpt1
If that doesn't work, the problem probably is the parallel port itself,
the cable, or the printer.

 

[Guest]

I haven't used the 4L, but until it finally died, I had no problems with
a IIIp. There is a built-in driver for the HP LJ 4L. What problem are
you having? You may have to check the parallel port setting in the
BIOS. If it is set to EPP or ECP, try setting it to "SPP", "Standard"
or "Normal."

The parallel cable must be connected directly to the computer, no
"pass-through" connectors.

If the XP 4L driver doesn't work, some say that the 5L or 6 (or even
III) driver may work.

If you have a win95 or win98 boot floppy (and your current machine has a
floppy drive), boot to DOS and then type
dir > lpt1
If that doesn't work, the problem probably is the parallel port itself,
the cable, or the printer.
--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

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Problem I am having is that that when I send a file to the printer it shows
it being spooled, and then shows it being printed but it disappears into LaLa
land and I get no output.
I have tried EPP,ECP,SPP and ECP-EPP all with same results. I also have
completely uninstalled the printer and removed LPT1 from the device manager
and rebooted the system to ensure it no longer existed then I shut down the
system and connected the parallel cable to the printer and powered up the
system and it finds the new hardware and proceeds to install the necessary
drivers, etc. I had changed the port setting in the BIOS on each occasion
with same results.
The parallel cable is connected directly to the MB (ABIT BH6) No
pass-through connectors.
Cannot locate an updated driver from the HP site but am using the one that
came with XP.
I booted up the system in DOS mode and tried the dir > lpt1 and nothing.
Have another system nearby running W98 and printer and cable work just fine
on it.
It would be logical (My logic may be questionable) to me that if Plug & Play
recognizes the new hardware then the Parallel Port, Cable and Printer check
out and are not the problem and the problem points to either the drivers
and/or the BIOS settings.

Thank you

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

Works fine for me on XP. If you booted to DOS and do not get output, open
the computer case and see if there is a cable off the system board
connecting the parallel chipset to the actual 25 pin connector. The
parallel chip can still tell the OS it's there since it is.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Gigit]

Hi guys, I have the same problem with an HP LJ III driver. No prints, no
printer page, non dir>lpt1. The cable is ok, the board is ok, the printer
too.

Works fine for me on XP. If you booted to DOS and do not get output, open
the computer case and see if there is a cable off the system board
connecting the parallel chipset to the actual 25 pin connector. The
parallel chip can still tell the OS it's there since it is.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

Problem I am having is that that when I send a file to the printer it
shows
it being spooled, and then shows it being printed but it disappears into
LaLa
land and I get no output.
I have tried EPP,ECP,SPP and ECP-EPP all with same results. I also have
completely uninstalled the printer and removed LPT1 from the device
manager
and rebooted the system to ensure it no longer existed then I shut down
the
system and connected the parallel cable to the printer and powered up the
system and it finds the new hardware and proceeds to install the
necessary
drivers, etc. I had changed the port setting in the BIOS on each occasion
with same results.
The parallel cable is connected directly to the MB (ABIT BH6) No
pass-through connectors.
Cannot locate an updated driver from the HP site but am using the one
that
came with XP.
I booted up the system in DOS mode and tried the dir > lpt1 and nothing.
Have another system nearby running W98 and printer and cable work just
fine
on it.
It would be logical (My logic may be questionable) to me that if Plug &
Play
recognizes the new hardware then the Parallel Port, Cable and Printer
check
out and are not the problem and the problem points to either the drivers
and/or the BIOS settings.

Thank you

 

[Guest]

Well after numerous attempts and pulling my hair out I found the problem.
One of the pins in the parallel cable was not making a good contact, fixed
the pin and everything is working fine now.

Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions on what to look for.