From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 22:03:48 EDT
The first thing I'd do is hook the printer up to another computer, to see
if the printer is OK. The second thing would be to hook up another
printer to the suspect computer. Doing those two things will give
you a pretty good clue what's wrong.
If both work, then you have one of the just wondrous spontaneous
Windows mess ups, and I'm not sure what is the best course for
that. Off hand, I'd delete every printer in the system--every one--
and then reboot, then add that printer again.
If that doesn't work, I'd ask here again and maybe someone will
have an answer. ;-)
--STeve Andre'
At 06:57 PM 9/1/00 -0700, Chuck Blaisdell wrote:
>I don't have a clue as to whether this a hardware or Win98Se
>problem or ???
>Computer/OS: Thinkpad600E, 128mb ram, Win98SE
>All of a sudden, when I try to print to my HP LaserJet 1100, I get the
>following error message: "There was an error writing to LPT 1: (for
>the
>Printer HP Laser Jet 1100): There was a problem printing to the
>port. Check
>to make sure your printer is configured to use a valid port."
>As to the obvious question, yes, it is configured for LPT 1. The error
>occurs whether or not the printer/printer cable (or ANY printer/cable)
>are
>attached when attempted to print to that printer. I have re-installed
>the
>HP driver software, re-initialized the bios, and run the bios
>diagnostic
>check on the port (which says the port is ok).
>Any ideas? Thanks much!
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