Mystery Printing Problem

One suggestion:
Leave the printer turned off on boot up. (If the pc turns it on, disconnect the cable) Then look at the printer queue (in Start->Settings->Printers on my Win2000 machine) by double-clicking on the printer icon to see if there are any jobs in there.
You may even get an error from the program trying to send the job.

Things that run on boot up are often in autoexec.bat and in the StartUp folder (right-click on the taskbar and click on properties. Depending on your machine, thestartup programs are in there on the advanced tab or on their own tab, I forget for Win98). Check those and see what is running when your PC boots.

HTH
Nikki

I would look in the system configuration utility (start/programs/accessories/system tools/system information/tools/system configuration utility) and look in the startup tab and you'll find a list of services/apps that start when you boot. Uncheck any that seem like likely suspects and reboot each time. This may show you where the culprit is. If you leave any particular item unchecked, it will not start the next time you boot.

When computers boot, they usually send an initialization string to the printer to force it into the default mode. When that results in garbage non-text output on the page, you probably have the wrong printer driver installed or a corrupt printer driver. Having the printer off when the PC boots prevents delivery of the initialization string but doesn't solve the basic problem.

Did you check hps web site for known problems? Try a new printer cable or try compleatly removing the printer from add printer and from add/remove programs. Then down load the driver from hp and readd the printer. Check the printer settings to see if is set to print a separater page.

I agree with John M. Printer driver....

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