Win 2000 Pro Printing Prob Update

[roback]

I appreciate the feedback yesterday. I dumped my drivers both from
within the control panel and in the registry. I uplugged the printer,
turned off the spooler service, and shut down / rebooted computer. I
then turned printer on, reconnected cable and restarted the computer.
The problem still exists. Upon startup, gibberish comes out of the
printer, and upon printing any document, gibberish comes out. This all
started from within a visual basic app, when I went to print a form
without indicating a date range on the form. It is a billing program. I
am at a loss. Any additional info would be appreciated.

 

[Sid Elbow]

I appreciate the feedback yesterday. I dumped my drivers both from
within the control panel and in the registry. I uplugged the printer,
turned off the spooler service, and shut down / rebooted computer. I
then turned printer on, reconnected cable and restarted the computer.
The problem still exists. Upon startup, gibberish comes out of the
printer, and upon printing any document, gibberish comes out. This all
started from within a visual basic app, when I went to print a form
without indicating a date range on the form. It is a billing program. I
am at a loss. Any additional info would be appreciated.

Just a thought because I don't think it was mentioned: is the printer
connected via a print server? I went through a similar problem until I
realised the print server was buffering the printer data and had to be
rebooted to flush it.