Never ending print jobs

[emilyo]

Hi there,

I originally posted this in the printers forum, but with no joy - it is getting rather annoying and I'd be eternally grateful, if anyone has an answer to this:


I had an HP Laserjet 1200 connected to a computer (via the parallel port).
I disconnected the 1200 because I wanted to use a 2100 instead, so I connected an HP Laserjet 2100, installed it and I couldn't print to it. It said there was an error printing to LPT1 do I want to retry.
So, I put the 1200 back and I couldn't print to that either. To make it work, I had to connect the 1200 via the USB port, which is fine except...
... everytime I restart the computer, a whole bunch of old printjobs appear in the queue for the 1200 and proceed to print out.

Anyone know how I can stop this from happening?

Thanks

Emily

 

[HKinNYC]

Have you check your parallel cable for any bent pins?

Have you reinstall drivers? From your CD or HP's site?

 

[emilyo]

Currently, the parallel cable isn't plugged into the PC, but I treid two different cables. To no avail. I also tried re-installing the drivers.

I'll just give it another go though.

Cheers.

 

[joehnk]

We have had this problem with other HP printers.

Make sure that the check box in properties for enable bidirectional priting is NOT checked.

This should take care of it.

 

[noobtechie]

Check this path for left over print jobs and delete them C:\WINNT\system32\spool\PRINTERS

Hope this helps.

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[emilyo]

Thanks for all your replies guys,

I fixed it this morning by deleting all the rpinters, restarting and setting all the printers back up again.

I might try to re-install the 2100 later!!

Thanks

Emily