Did it used to work and now doesn't??  You failed to mention the cable.. Is
it snug on both ends? Is it IEE Bi-Directional?  Try removing the port from
control panel and re-booting.

Dave Jones
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dhkiley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 8:51 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] printer failure


Gentlemen: My machine seems to have a problem communicating with the
parallel port for my printer. After several attempts with several different
printers, different drivers, add hdw. wizard, I asked a tech at a local
computer store and he informs me there is a communication failure to the
port. Also, there seems to be no way to identify the motherboard, but the
name of the machine is M 2 Systems (M Squared Sys). This machine originally
had Win 98, now has ME and there seems to be no other conflicts anywhere,
and seems to be quite stable. Can anyone help clear up this problem?

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