Re: Printing XyWrite

["Fred Weiner" fw1948@xxxxxxxx]

Friends,

Have I been misinng something in this discussion of printing to a USB
printer? Mr. Holmgren's TYP, utilizing POSTGHST.PRN, or a
printer-specific driver, works flawlessly, and is fully documented in
the XYWWWEB materials, with many posts in XYSEARCH as well.

Fred Weiner

On 9/24/06, John H. Kessel  wrote:
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