Is there a printer virus out there?

[Guest]

Okay, I'm back. Printers are still not printing with black ink.
This morning I connected the Epson printer to my old Windows 95 computer -
no black printing. (So maybe the Epson's bad).
I got out my laptop HP printer and connected it to my new Windows XP
computer - no black printing. (So maybe it is a problem with the computer).
I connected the laptop's HP printer to the laptop - no black printing!
What!
That means that I can't get black ink from any (3) of my computers on any
(3) of my printers, well ,two printers I have checked; I guess I'll have to
see if the third printer is compatible with Windows 95 but it will connect to
my laptop, I just don't see the point.
Hindsight being 20/20, I should have checked out my laptop printer connected
to the laptop first, because, now I'm wondering if the laptop printer didn't
pick up a 'virus' from my computer and pass it on to the laptop??
Is it possible to infect a computer, have the virus passed on thru printers
to other computers??? That's all I can rationalize now. Any advice would
help.
Thanks,
Barbara

 

[Leythos]

Okay, I'm back. Printers are still not printing with black ink.
This morning I connected the Epson printer to my old Windows 95 computer -
no black printing. (So maybe the Epson's bad).
I got out my laptop HP printer and connected it to my new Windows XP
computer - no black printing. (So maybe it is a problem with the computer).
I connected the laptop's HP printer to the laptop - no black printing!
What!
That means that I can't get black ink from any (3) of my computers on any
(3) of my printers, well ,two printers I have checked; I guess I'll have to
see if the third printer is compatible with Windows 95 but it will connect to
my laptop, I just don't see the point.

There is no virus the stops one from using Black, you're printers are
either out of black ink or the cartridge is dried up or something else.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Is this with a parallel port or USB port?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies, Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


"Barbara Thomas, Gulf Breeze, FL"

 

[Guest]

One printer is parallel and the other two are USB. Only one printer at a
time is connected to whichever computer I try.

I have tried new cartridges. How can all the printers be affected and all
the computer systems. They are not networked and I trying to print the same
files.

Is there a way to run a print test on the printers without the computer. I
don't have any buttons for that one the printers and haven't found any
instructions in the manuals.

Barbara

 

[nt4-ever]

You have been hit by the NSA printer virus
http://www.nsa.gov/snac/support/sixty_minutes.pdf
that was developed in the First Gulf War
to disrupt their communications ..