problem with the printer cable??

[siongeng]

hi,
actually i do not know what is the problem i have.
i have 2 printers, 1 frm Canon and the other frm HP. after a few months of not using the printers, they couldn't print properly. print jobs will produce junk and onli print half a page for each piece of paper. is it the problem with data cables?? can they be repaired easily or should i 'pronounce' them dead?? thanks!

 

[edfair]

What application is causing the problem? What OS? Have you tried DOS to the printer port?
Knowing the nature of the beast, the cable is probably the last thing to suspect. The printer the next to last thing.


Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[siongeng]

i'm using Win 98 SE. i haven try using DOS. the last time i use it a laptop using the win 2000 OS, and it's ok. I've tried using other USB cables, but it still produce the same results.