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by tristarranch

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I have a pentium3 with windows 98 sec.edition,I have followed all trouble shooting help links.my system says it recognizes the printer is installed,I have tried printing from different programs but it still prints garbled,Ibought a new printer and installed the supplied software,it still prints garbled and then throws out blank pages (not a new problem),it will go thru all the paper in the tray,Any hope? Thx Ron

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by dmiles

Open the Printer properties and check the configuration and see if print box next to RAW is checked and then check to make sure that you have the latest drivers

by tjc

Uninstall all print drivers and isntall only the Windows Cd printer drivers and try again.
Also change the printer cable with a new bi-directional one, make sure that the cable is rated for bi-directional use also.

If it is a dos compatible printer then try a directory dump to the printer also...
dir >prn from a dos prompt

Hope that helps.

by curacao_dejavu

check in the bios if it it's set as the manual suggest, thus epp, ecc , normal lpt1 mode ), then update the drivers from the web.

Make sure the printer is ok, check at the store you bought the printer.From there you can troubleshoot back at home what's the culprit.

by griz1975

Go to the printer's MFG website and download the latest drivers. Uninstall the old drivers and reinstall with the newest ones.

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