Printer initilization Windows XP

[roandrob]

I have a Brother HL1040 Laser Printer. I have an XP system set to hibernate automatically. When I bring the system back from hibernation the first time I attempt to print I get only a line or two of symbols and it wants to print multiple pages. Once I cancell the initial print job and clear the printer everything works fine again until the next hibernation.
I know this is a small problem but I have tried every setting I can think of to no avail and it is annoying.
Any suggestions to get windows and the printer to communicate before the first print would be appreciated.

 

[bcastner]

This issue has been traced before to either:

. A printer driver issue;
. and/or, the use of a cable that is not 1284 certified.

 

[roandrob]

Thank you. If it is a driver problem there is no solution as the only driver available for this printer is built into WinXP. The cable has been fine for a long time with win98 but may be the problem.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[roandrob]

I have finally resolved this problem. It seems my Parallel port setting got changed to ECP port and the brother printer only appears to work properly with a Bi Directional port setting. So simple and yet so frustrating.