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Re: Help with a printer
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:01:35 GMT
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Thanks for your repsonse.
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> Dang, now I'm sucked into this one, too.
Sorry :-)
> Is the printer directly connected
> to her computer or is it printing over the network (which exponentially
> increases finding the problem)?
It's on a network.
> Since the printer seems to be physically
> working (plugged in, ink/toner is present, the printer is getting at least
> part of the document) it would seem to be more in the document itself or
> some barrier over the network, or perhaps a memory issue. How large is the
> document?
She's tried several documents. I'm guessing they're of varying size.
> Try only printing the pages she is missing, and even try printing
> just the pages after the one it stops on (and for that matter, does it stop
> at a consistent point?).
I think so. She'll only get out part of page 1 and then it hangs.
> Another thing to try is sneaker net (copy the file
> to a disk, and try printing it from another computer - assuming there is
> another computer she has access to physically and via password).
Yes, we'll try that.
thanks,
TJ
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| (...) Yup, do that. Also try the notepad trick I suggested. If that works, then I would lay odds that the problem is with MS Office; I've noticed that from time to time. Also, (and I should have suggested this right off), check all the cable (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Dang, now I'm sucked into this one, too. Is the printer directly connected to her computer or is it printing over the network (which exponentially increases finding the problem)? Since the printer seems to be physically working (plugged in, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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