HP Color Laserjet 3500 on LPT1 will not print

I changed laptops in a docking station and used a drivers CD to install the
printer which was attached. Test pages and anything else I try to print
goes into the print queue but never prints, finally showing an error. I
downloaded the latest drivers from HP and installed them, but this hasn't
fixed the problem. The original laptop still prints fine from that docking
station.

The old laptop was WinXP, this one is Vista. I ran the "FixIt" diagnostics
but it said all problems were fixed, and it still won't print.

Any suggestions for diagnosing and fixing this problem?

Mich

From: "M Skabialka" <>

| I changed laptops in a docking station and used a drivers CD to install the
| printer which was attached. Test pages and anything else I try to print
| goes into the print queue but never prints, finally showing an error. I
| downloaded the latest drivers from HP and installed them, but this hasn't
| fixed the problem. The original laptop still prints fine from that docking
| station.

| The old laptop was WinXP, this one is Vista. I ran the "FixIt" diagnostics
| but it said all problems were fixed, and it still won't print.

| Any suggestions for diagnosing and fixing this problem?

| Mich


Go to Device Manager and the LPT1 port.

Change the way the LPT port works with the OS.

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> Change the way the LPT port works with the OS.

I'm sorry - I have no idea what this means! Could you please elaborate?
Under properties, for LPT1, my only option for Configure port is to change
the Transmission Retry from 90 seconds to some other value.

Mich

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:...
> From: "M Skabialka" <>
>
> | I changed laptops in a docking station and used a drivers CD to install
> the
> | printer which was attached. Test pages and anything else I try to print
> | goes into the print queue but never prints, finally showing an error. I
> | downloaded the latest drivers from HP and installed them, but this
> hasn't
> | fixed the problem. The original laptop still prints fine from that
> docking
> | station.
>
> | The old laptop was WinXP, this one is Vista. I ran the "FixIt"
> diagnostics
> | but it said all problems were fixed, and it still won't print.
>
> | Any suggestions for diagnosing and fixing this problem?
>
> | Mich
>
>
> Go to Device Manager and the LPT1 port.
>
> Change the way the LPT port works with the OS.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
>

Your inquiry can best be answered by the experts in the HP Printer
Forum: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/

M Skabialka wrote:
> I changed laptops in a docking station and used a drivers CD to install the
> printer which was attached. Test pages and anything else I try to print
> goes into the print queue but never prints, finally showing an error. I
> downloaded the latest drivers from HP and installed them, but this hasn't
> fixed the problem. The original laptop still prints fine from that docking
> station.
>
> The old laptop was WinXP, this one is Vista. I ran the "FixIt" diagnostics
> but it said all problems were fixed, and it still won't print.
>
> Any suggestions for diagnosing and fixing this problem?
>
> Mich
>
>

From: "M Skabialka" <>

>> Change the way the LPT port works with the OS.

| I'm sorry - I have no idea what this means! Could you please elaborate?
| Under properties, for LPT1, my only option for Configure port is to change
| the Transmission Retry from 90 seconds to some other value.

| Mich

I don't have the hardware in front of me to give you the exact words but...

You should be able to see an area to indicate to force an IRQ or not and how the OS works
with the parallel port.


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Thanks,
I will try this.
Mich

"Leroy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Your inquiry can best be answered by the experts in the HP Printer Forum:
> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/
>
> M Skabialka wrote:
>> I changed laptops in a docking station and used a drivers CD to install
>> the printer which was attached. Test pages and anything else I try to
>> print goes into the print queue but never prints, finally showing an
>> error. I downloaded the latest drivers from HP and installed them, but
>> this hasn't fixed the problem. The original laptop still prints fine
>> from that docking station.
>>
>> The old laptop was WinXP, this one is Vista. I ran the "FixIt"
>> diagnostics but it said all problems were fixed, and it still won't
>> print.
>>
>> Any suggestions for diagnosing and fixing this problem?
>>
>> Mich

Must have been having a senior moment - it's a USB printer - so shouldn't be
on LPT1!
Changed to a USB port and it is working now.
It's been LPT1 or a network printer since the year dot, or it installs
itself without asking, so I didn't think twice about selecting LPT1 as the
port when I installed it. Time to retire!


"Leroy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Your inquiry can best be answered by the experts in the HP Printer Forum:
> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/
>
> M Skabialka wrote:
>> I changed laptops in a docking station and used a drivers CD to install
>> the printer which was attached. Test pages and anything else I try to
>> print goes into the print queue but never prints, finally showing an
>> error. I downloaded the latest drivers from HP and installed them, but
>> this hasn't fixed the problem. The original laptop still prints fine
>> from that docking station.
>>
>> The old laptop was WinXP, this one is Vista. I ran the "FixIt"
>> diagnostics but it said all problems were fixed, and it still won't
>> print.
>>
>> Any suggestions for diagnosing and fixing this problem?
>>
>> Mich

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:45:53 -0600, M Skabialka wrote:

> Must have been having a senior moment - it's a USB printer - so shouldn't be
> on LPT1!
> Changed to a USB port and it is working now.
> It's been LPT1 or a network printer since the year dot, or it installs
> itself without asking, so I didn't think twice about selecting LPT1 as the
> port when I installed it. Time to retire!

Not a complete senior moment - you *did* solve it!

Of course, you can retire anyway :-)

Thanks for informing us.

> "Leroy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Your inquiry can best be answered by the experts in the HP Printer Forum:
>> http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/
>>
>> M Skabialka wrote:
>>> I changed laptops in a docking station and used a drivers CD to install
>>> the printer which was attached. Test pages and anything else I try to
>>> print goes into the print queue but never prints, finally showing an
>>> error. I downloaded the latest drivers from HP and installed them, but
>>> this hasn't fixed the problem. The original laptop still prints fine
>>> from that docking station.
>>>
>>> The old laptop was WinXP, this one is Vista. I ran the "FixIt"
>>> diagnostics but it said all problems were fixed, and it still won't
>>> print.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for diagnosing and fixing this problem?
>>>
>>> Mich


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