Compaq Prolinea 5150 Printing Problem 1

[jons1]

I have recently obtained an old Compaq Prolinea 5150 which I have setup as a spare PC. Total installation has been successful except for Printing.<br>I have checked over the BIOS settings. The settings are as standard using the default IRQ and DMA. After all these checks when I install a printer the error message &quot;Error printing to LPT1&quot; is displayed. My next alternative is to install a second printer port. Is this a viable solution??

 

[DaveGoTech]

Sure. Install the second printer port as&nbsp;&nbsp;port address 278 (assuming your<br>LPT1 is set to 378), IRQ 7 (OK to share this irq with LPT1), or IRQ 5 if it's<br>available, or no IRQ. It should show up&nbsp;&nbsp;at LPT2. If this installation gives <br>you the same results, check the printer and cable on another PC to make<br>sure it works. Sometimes long printer cables (over 10-15')&nbsp;&nbsp;will work on 1 <br>PC but not another. <p>David J. Aller<br><a href=mailto:GoTech@GoTechnologiesInc.com>GoTech@GoTechnologiesInc.com</a><br><a href=

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[MadPenguin]

Early Comapq PCs were known to have a problem with printing.&nbsp;&nbsp;Just go onto the Comapq wesite and download the fix.<br><br><A HREF="

http://www.comapq.co.uk"

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http://www.comapq.co.uk</A>