Patricia M Godfrey wrote: > That business of "new hardware found" is one of the known (but not muchIt's not the case with XP and a Laserjet 1200 at my job. If you don't turn the printer on before starting the op sys, it's impossible to print. The same behaviour with W2000K and a modem.commented-on) "features" of Windoesn't. Try NOT turning the printer on until the PC is up and Windows fully loaded.Manuel Castelao