Printer is OK, cable is OK, but I can't print anymore

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Giobibo

I have a PC with win200 installed two times on two different hard
disks in a dual boot configuration.

The first win2000 installation is OK, I can print without problems.
But with the second win2000 installation I cannot print anymore.

Of course the hardware is OK, because I can print with the first
system, thus the problem is in win2000, but where?
I can just add that after the win2000 login I get the standard
message:

"new printer found...install driver?"

I install the driver, but the printer still does not work.

The printer is an HP Laserjet 1100 and the driver is updated

Any suggestion?

Thank you for replying
Gio
 
Giobibo said:
I have a PC with win200 installed two times on two different hard
disks in a dual boot configuration.

The first win2000 installation is OK, I can print without problems.
But with the second win2000 installation I cannot print anymore.

Of course the hardware is OK, because I can print with the first
system, thus the problem is in win2000, but where?
I can just add that after the win2000 login I get the standard
message:

"new printer found...install driver?"

I install the driver, but the printer still does not work.

The printer is an HP Laserjet 1100 and the driver is updated

Any suggestion?

Thank you for replying
Gio
Click to expand...

Try a generic printer driver. The "HP LaserJet Series II" driver
works well for most HP laser printers (even though it won't
give you any of the interactive stuff).
 
Try a generic printer driver. The "HP LaserJet Series II" driver
works well for most HP laser printers (even though it won't
give you any of the interactive stuff).
Click to expand...

IT WORKS!!! :-o

Thank you for your help. But why the original driver does not work?

Gio
 
Giobibo said:
IT WORKS!!! :-o

Thank you for your help. But why the original driver does not work?

Gio
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There must be a flaw with the driver you used, and it
consistently failed to install. I have seen this before.
You now have two options:

a) Find an updated driver for you HP LJ1100, maybe from the
HP site.

b) Use a close match to this driver.
 
There must be a flaw with the driver you used, and it
consistently failed to install. I have seen this before.
You now have two options:

a) Find an updated driver for you HP LJ1100, maybe from the
HP site.
Click to expand...

mhhh??? But the same driver works correctly on the other win2000
installation!

Anyway this morning, after booting I discovered that win2000 detected
a new printer (!) and asked to install the appropriate driver for HP
Laserjet 1100, although I had already installed the "HP LaserJet
Series II" driver (that works fine).

Now the current status is that I can print, but after each boot I have
to quit the PnP driver installation of win2000.

Any further suggestion?

Thank you for your help.
 
Giobibo said:
mhhh??? But the same driver works correctly on the other win2000
installation!

Anyway this morning, after booting I discovered that win2000 detected
a new printer (!) and asked to install the appropriate driver for HP
Laserjet 1100, although I had already installed the "HP LaserJet
Series II" driver (that works fine).

Now the current status is that I can print, but after each boot I have
to quit the PnP driver installation of win2000.

Any further suggestion?

Thank you for your help.
Click to expand...

The same suggestion as before: Try a close match to your HP LJ 1100.
 
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