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Dennis Thiel <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 20:30:42 -0400
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-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 3:15 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Help w/HP6100C Scanner & HP600 printer


>I have a customer that had me bought an HP600 printer and a HP6100C
>Scanner. I installed the printer and the Symbios Logic SCSI card that
>came with the scanner. Everything worked fine on this PC


...snip...

>Customer now asks to have scanner installed. Scanner installed just fine
>and works just fine. But..... the HP600 printer now goes crazy. There
>are two lights on these printers, the top light flashes rapidly
>indicating a problem. You cant reset the printer, power it off and on to
>clear the problem. I uninstalled and reinstalled the printer to no
>avail. I downloaded latest drivers from HP, no change. Anybody got
>thoughts on what DLL(s), or ??? are being stepped on? I am not sure
>where to go to get the scanner and printer to work together. Any help
>would be appreciated!
>
>Greg Anderson


Greg,

Perhaps there's an IRQ or memory address conflict between the SCSI card and
the printer port. Check your settings. Or possibly buggy drivers...HP is
infamous for less than perfect printer drivers.

Dennis Thiel

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