LJ 5si scrambles print from network

[ldriskell]

Using a LaserJet 5si on a network. Quite randomly, the printed page will come out scrambled: the top of the page at the bottom, or text will be jumbled in vertical strips, or there'll be a block of solid white in the middle of the page, etc. No recognizable pattern. Same results with a PDF as a Word document (though it appears to occur with less frequency in Word). The interesting thing is that I printed out 50 pages from a paper path test and it printed out perfectly. I have tried at least 15 different drivers of the Laserjet 5 & 4 variety (si, mx, pcl, ps, etc) and nothing changed. This is an old printer -- is it just a bad network card or is there something else I should check out?

(Also, does anyone know if this printer supports configuration via the web browser? I cannot get to the system settings by entering the IP address into IE...)

Thanks in advance,

L.

 

[netmanrick]

Have you reseated th Jetdirect card??

Rick Harris
SC Dept of Motor Vehicles
Network Operations

 

[netmanrick]

You have to telnet to the card.If you dowhload Web Jet admin from HP,you can manage via browser.

Rick Harris
SC Dept of Motor Vehicles
Network Operations

 

[ldriskell]

1) I removed the entire board overnight and reseated the network card to the other slot.
Immediately, a job that someone must've sent last night started coming through and a few of the pages were scrambled.

2) What I forgot to also say (because I cleared the error message before I thought to write it down) is that when I initially hooked the printer up for the first time, I got a "53.04.02 error" (with the 53 blinking). I also got this error this morning when I plugged everything back in. When you press the Online button, it then displays "05 Self Test" and then eventually goes to "Ready".
I did a reset holding the Online button and repowering the system and got the 53.04.02 again. Does that help? I couldn't find anything about this error when I did a search.

Thanks.

 

[netmanrick]

Print out a configuration and verify the settings.Pay particular attention printer protocols and ip settings.

Rick Harris
SC Dept of Motor Vehicles
Network Operations

 

[dnevill]

Did you just add memory? The service manual list that error as an unsupported memory error.

 

[Auger282]

sounds like a memory reseat issue
perhaps it needs some internal preven. maint. care