On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:00:08 -0500, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:02:30 GMT, Jethro
><Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote:
>
>>One problem after another. It never ends.
>>
>>Oh well - here is another one for which I am in hope someone has a
>>solution.
>>
>>I am trying to print a few pages on my Konica-Minolta Pagepro 1350W
>>Laser Printer. I am running WXP PRO SP2 on my PC.
>
>Is it USB or networked? I'd look for a different driver for
>it.

I have never been able to network this laser printer. I have been
told that it requires some sort of special network interface (extra
$). It is USB-connected to a single machine on which these problems
occur. I tried the other machine once, and same thing happened.

>
>
>>The printer box shows that printing is in progress, but the printer
>>will not print.
>
>So this happens with ALL print jobs from that system with
>that OS? I am assuming you have tried something basic like
>plain text from Notepad. Is there a taskbar tray icon or
>some other printer status panel (software on the PC) that
>shows whether it thinks printer is ready to print?
>
I also have an EPSON R320 and a HP 950 A-I-O. They both work fine and
do not have this problem, and they are networked so I can print on
them from my second machine.

>
>>I don't think it is the printer because it prints
>>normally.
>
>What is the scenario when it does print? Had you retried it
>in this scenario _after_ having printing fail and it then
>worked, ruling out a printer failure after that point in
>time? If it's USB, you aren't using one of those dodgy
>clear USB cables with the LEDs built in are you? I've had a
>few printers that won't work with (some of) those.

I am using an ordinary USB cable (<10'). The scenario is:
1) I print something (a few pages).
2) Printing stops with printer's ready light back on solid.
3) The window warning me about the cartridge appears on the screen.
4) If I fail to x-out of that window in a few seconds or so, if I
then x-out of the window and then try to print something, the printer
window shows that I am printing, but no printing occurs and the
printer ready light blinks like it normally would when printing.
If I delete the print job or cancel it, the printer window shows that
the job is being cancelled - but but but it stays that way forever. Or
at least until I shut down and re-boot, at which time the
printer-window is cleared.

I just repeated the above using Wordpad to print twice one line of
small x's. The first page printed fine, but not the second because
the printer was flashing its trouble-light. The print window is
locked after I tried to delete the second print job and shows the
print job is being deleted, but of course it never will be, until I
re-boot. I tried manually turning the printer off then on, which
returned the printer to its ready-state, but the printer window
remains with the delete indicated.

I hope I am explaining things clearly.
>
>
>
>>However, my problem is that when I delete (or cancel) the
>>print 'job', the printer-window shows 'deleting', but it never
>>happens. My only recourse has been to shut down and re-boot. When I
>>do that, the printer window 'job' is gone as it should be. But this
>>is getting tiring at best. Wouldn't be so bad, but it happens a lot.
>>
>>Anything I can do here?
>
>Had this printer worked on this system previously? Had this
>PC used another printer successfully with this (or another)
>OS, and had you made any OS changes (like installing SP2)?