Re: Printing XyWrite

["John H. Kessel" kessel.1@xxxxxxxx]

At 12:39 PM 9/23/2006, you wrote:
> Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I'm on my fourth USB printer now and I've had nothing but trouble with
> > all of them
> > (although I've never had problems with any other type of USB gadget).
> > I don't know what it is about them but they regularly loose the ability
> > to communicate
> > with the computer, and have to be "rebooted'. They always re-connect,
> > but it's annoying.
> Really? That's surprising. I have an Epson here, and have used three HP
> deskjets at various times on various PCs at the office: all USB, no
> connection problems
My experience was that the HP Laserjet printed XyWrite fine as long as I
was using a WIn98 machine, but as soon as I switched to XP Pro I
experienced numerous problems.
                                            John
> --well, one has an occasional problem, but that's definitely in the
> WordPerfect setup; nothing to do with USB as such. Have you tried?
> 1. Changing USB ports
> 2. Changing USB cables
> 3. Checking the USB and printer properties in Control Panel
> Now Multifunctions, as opposed to printers pure and simple, are another
> story. I had a Brother MFC, and it drove me bonkers. Used to corrupt its
> drivers, and one had to uninstall the whole megillah (which involved
> editing the Windows Registry, since uninstall left hundreds of Registry
> entries), then reinstall. Did it three times, then said, "This is
> idiotic"; kept it as a standalone fax & copier and got myself a real printer.
>
>
> --
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx

John H. Kessel
Ohio State University
kessel.1@xxxxxxxx