Printer won't work after reboot

[Guest]

I have a laser printer that I had been using with a USB to Parallel adapter
but after that connection got kind of funky, I went back to using the
standard LPT1 port with Parallel cable. Now when I boot up, the printer
appears in the Printer & Fax folder, and although I have it as default, the
icon is grayed out and won't print. After I delete the printer and "Add New
Printer", it isn't grayed out and it works fine. When I reboot the next time
the icon is grayed out again but won't print until I delete and re-install
it..

I'm running XP Pro SP2 on an Intel Core 2 2.66 Ghz cpu. I have a number of
USB devices attached but no other printers. Also have a DVD RW and an eternal
USB 250GB drive. Two internal drives; a SATA 250Gb and an IDE 130 Gb.

Although it only takes 40 seconds to delete and re-install, it is too
annoying..
Any ideas?

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps completely uninstalling it, and disconnect it. Restart the
computer. Now start from scratch and install it on the LPT port.

 

[Rich Barry]

Fred, recheck the settings in the Bios for the Parallel Port.