It sounds like it might be an irq problem. You should check to see if
anything is conflicting with your printer's irq. It's normally irq7. It's
most likely not the cable since it is printing something. Check device
manager to see if there is a conflict. If there is, try using the hardware
troubleshooter. If the conflict is with a device that occupies a pci slot,
then move the card and the irq will be reassigned.

Robert Graf

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen Ely" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 2:20 AM
Subject: Problems with Epson printer (not sure if it's software or not)


> Ever since getting my new computer (1.1 Gig processor, 772 MGs of RAM), I
> have had trouble printing on my Epson Stylus 800 printer. It's been a real
> workhorse so I don't know if the problem is something mechanical or if it
> something related to software. My sweetheart -- who doesn't do computers
at
> all but does know something about the innards of telephones -- says that
it
> is not mechanical, as he has examined the feeders, that it has something
to
> do with the signal being sent to the printer.
>
> What happens is that it will print a bit, skip, and continue printing the
> document on subsequent pages to finish up. Could the speed of my processor
> be affecting this? Or do you think it might have something to do with the
> feeders on the printer?
>
> Kathleen Ely
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