printing problem with Brothers HL-1440 and Vista

Using Vista home premium on a new Gateway computer -when I try printing
to the brothers HL-1440 lazar printer after it has been quite a while;
the printer wakes up; the drums turns but nothing prints. If I try to
print again while the printer is awake the print is successful. Very
annoying.

I have loaded in the latest Brothers drivers.

This printer never had a problem with my old XP machine.

What gives? Are their any settings to change?

S spector <sspector@xxxxxx> wrote: I have this printer working fine under Vista Ultimate so it should work with
any version of Vista. I used the Vista built in driver so you may want to try
that.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging

Tony wrote: Does the fact that my wife also accesses this printer via network
sharing cause a problem?

S spector wrote: I also used Vista to select and load in the hl-1440 driver with no
improvement. Does the vista "built in driver" have a name and how do I
access it?

S spector <sspector@xxxxxx> wrote: Firstly I can't think why sharing the printer would make a difference.

If you reinstalled the printer then almost certainly it reinstalled using the
downloaded driver again. That driver needs to be removed from the system, see
below for the method.
I am assuming the connection is with a USB cable.

1. Uninstall the printer.
2. Unplug the USB cable.
3. Reboot the PC.
4. In Control Panel open the printers folder and make sure that all copies of
the printer have gone, if not then delete them (you will need to run as
administrator to do that).
5. In the printers folder click on File/Run as Administrator/Server Properties
6. Select the Drivers tab
7. If the driver for the HL-1440 is there, select it and click Remove.
8. Plug the USB cable into the printer and power the printer on. You should get
a new hardware found message, let the driver install itself.
It is critical that the USB cable be unplugged at step 2.
You will now have the built in driver installed.
Worth a try.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging