LJ1200 prints every time I boot the pc

[Motero]

After a clean install of win2k...i wanted to install my printers...now everytime I boot or reboot, my lj 1200 prints a win2k print test page. i tried deleting it and reinstalling it...didn't help...any help appreciated!!

 

[Motero]

anyone please?

 

[darktubbly]

Is this on a parallel or USB connection? Either way, have you tried a different cable? If it's parallel, you could try changing the mode (ECP, EPP, etc.) in your BIOS and see if that helps.

 

[Motero]

it's usb...tried different ports...i found that if i disabled print spooling it went away...but why is that? that's not right...i shouldn't have to do that...it used the spooler before

 

[Smilin]

try shutting down the spooler service then cleaning out the directory and starting it again.

 

[Motero]

tried that...no luck.

 

[Smilin]

Man, that's a toughy. Technet is coming up blank. You could try digging around in HP's site.

As a workaround, try setting that printer to work offline and just leave it. Then install an identical printer and see if it works ok.

hehe have you tried actually printing a test page to see if it "toggles off"??

 

[Double Trouble]

I have a very similar problem with an HP Deskjet 820 -- every time I boot the machine up or just reboot winders (XP SP1), it spits out one page with a single character on it in a corner, the character varies. Strange.... it works fine after that, but it's irritating.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Still thinking about this one. What happens when you unplug/plug the printer with the computer on and Windows running?

 

[Motero]

it detects the printer ,etc...it's only if you print something out while the computer is on...the spooler never clears...when it boots, it will print everything you printed earlier...so far i had it print 5 pages of different things on boot up.

i'm wondering if when the install was done, something got corrupted in windows...