PCL XL error??

[Guest]

I am new to any discussion group to show how desperate I am to fix this
problem. I have a HP Laserjet 4000 attached directly to my PC in the LPT1
port and run Windows XP Corporate. I have never had a problem printing
anything - either from Word, Excel or emails. All of a sudden I cannot print
eventhou one day I could and the next day I couldn't. Sometimes I am getting
one line of various symbols and the printer showing data but not printing.
Sometimes it will print a small spreadsheet from Excel and then a page with:

PCL XL error

Subsystem: KERNEL
Error: Illegal Tag
Operator: 0x59
Position: 676

I have deleted the printer, downloaded the driver from HP, reinstalled the
printer, taken the printer off-line and back to on-line all with either no
success or worst...print one or two times and then back to unkown symbols
across the top of a page or the PCL XL error noted above.

I am at wits end and have a lot of work to finish asap which all needs
printed. While I can use software programs, I am a total novice when it
comes to system errors or understanding interfaces. Any suggestions or help
would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

There is no such operating system as XP Corporate. Either you are Volume
Licensed or you run retail or OEM versions of XP Pro or Home.

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

PCL XL is a printer language. There is something wrong with the data
getting to the printer or there is a problem with the printer. Unplug the
printer from the power source and let it rest for 5 minutes. Then reapply
power.

The PCL XL interpreter on the printer is generating the error not Windows.

--
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.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I am new to any discussion group to show how desperate I am to fix
this problem. I have a HP Laserjet 4000 attached directly to my PC
in the LPT1 port and run Windows XP Corporate. I have never had a
problem printing anything - either from Word, Excel or emails. All
of a sudden I cannot print eventhou one day I could and the next day
I couldn't. Sometimes I am getting one line of various symbols and
the printer showing data but not printing. Sometimes it will print a
small spreadsheet from Excel and then a page with:

PCL XL error

Subsystem: KERNEL
Error: Illegal Tag
Operator: 0x59
Position: 676

I have deleted the printer, downloaded the driver from HP,
reinstalled the printer, taken the printer off-line and back to
on-line all with either no success or worst...print one or two times
and then back to unkown symbols across the top of a page or the PCL
XL error noted above.

I am at wits end and have a lot of work to finish asap which all needs
printed. While I can use software programs, I am a total novice when
it comes to system errors or understanding interfaces. Any
suggestions or help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Admitting you're using pirated software in an MS hosted group is pretty
stupid. The 'corporate' version was the name given to the pirated volume
licence version.