>Now when the printer is turned on it loads a >sheet of paper, the status light indicates >printer busy or receiving a document. >When actually told to print the pre-loaded >sheet is ejected with a varying length line >similar to this,(N@NNNNNNNNNN@N),the number of >characters varies. Printer will then print next >in queue, but after a short time, the message >"computer lost communication with printer" >comes up. Hal, Have you tried re-installing the software? Or unistall the original either with it's own uninstall program or through control panel, add/remove programs, then reinstall the drivers. Have you ran scandisk to see if any other problems are around? Were settings changed (accidently or otherwise) in the printers control panel that could cause this? Best of luck! ************************************************* Lance Kephart Kephart's Korner http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/vista/7192 ************************************************* Get your FREE, private e-mail account at http://www.mailcity.com