That's it! I am much obliged for your help in saving my parallel port.
Jeffrey Race On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:33:12 -0400, STeve Andre' wrote: >On 09/19/12 17:27, Jeffrey Race wrote: >> For the past two days the dot-matrix printer on LPT1 >> endlessly prints a 15-line batch file (which I've now >> deleted but it keeps going). I've gone through dozens of >> pages of paper hoping some buffer would empty, and >> rebooting does not cure this either. I've just had >> to shut down the printer, so I've lost an important >> capability. >> >> Any ideas how to diagnose or cure this problem? I have >> no idea even on what string to google >> >> jeffrey race >> >Rip out the printer, reboot, and add it again. If endless printing, >it isn't the hardware's fault, but Windows keeping track of what >it's done. You can take a look and see if there is a new driver >for the printer, as long as you're dealing with it. > >Annoying. I saw this some years ago and a re installation fixed >it. > >--STeve Andre' > >_______________________________________________ >Thinkpad mailing list >[email protected] >http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
