Vista - Samsung ML-1210: Haven't seen this problem before

03-30-2008

My wife has a new Compaq Presario F756NR running Vista Home Premium.
She has a Samsung ML-1210 laser printer that worked find under XP. I
installed the Vista Driver and when the install reached "Do you want
to print a test page?" I answered "yes." The printer "awoke" and the
data light on the printer began to flash but nothing printed.

I tried to print a Word document, the data light on the printer
flashed, and when I opened the printer window I could see that it had
received 64KB of nnnKB, then 128KB. But after that there was no
further movement until I got an error with no explanation.

After I flushed the print queue, and turned the printer off/on, I
created a very small text file with Notepad. This printed
successfully. But when I tried to print another Word document, I
experienced the same failure as previously.

Can anyone offer an explanation, or a clue?

Thanks very much.

03-31-2008

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:08:30 GMT, SAM <SAM@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>My wife has a new Compaq Presario F756NR running Vista Home Premium.
>She has a Samsung ML-1210 laser printer that worked find under XP. I
>installed the Vista Driver and when the install reached "Do you want
>to print a test page?" I answered "yes." The printer "awoke" and the
>data light on the printer began to flash but nothing printed.
>
>I tried to print a Word document, the data light on the printer
>flashed, and when I opened the printer window I could see that it had
>received 64KB of nnnKB, then 128KB. But after that there was no
>further movement until I got an error with no explanation.
>
>After I flushed the print queue, and turned the printer off/on, I
>created a very small text file with Notepad. This printed
>successfully. But when I tried to print another Word document, I
>experienced the same failure as previously.
>
>Can anyone offer an explanation, or a clue?
>
>Thanks very much.

Replying to my own post...

I probably would have received solutions to this problem if I had
included what turned out to be the most pertinent piece of info. I
originally connected to printer to the laptop via a Parallel/USB
cable. This morning, I replaced that with a pure USB cable (and
installed the Samsung USB driver) and everything seems fine now.

03-30-2008	#1 (permalink)
SAM n/a posts	Samsung ML-1210: Haven't seen this problem before My wife has a new Compaq Presario F756NR running Vista Home Premium. She has a Samsung ML-1210 laser printer that worked find under XP. I installed the Vista Driver and when the install reached "Do you want to print a test page?" I answered "yes." The printer "awoke" and the data light on the printer began to flash but nothing printed. I tried to print a Word document, the data light on the printer flashed, and when I opened the printer window I could see that it had received 64KB of nnnKB, then 128KB. But after that there was no further movement until I got an error with no explanation. After I flushed the print queue, and turned the printer off/on, I created a very small text file with Notepad. This printed successfully. But when I tried to print another Word document, I experienced the same failure as previously. Can anyone offer an explanation, or a clue? Thanks very much.
My System Specs

03-31-2008	#2 (permalink)
SAM n/a posts	Re: Samsung ML-1210: Haven't seen this problem before On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:08:30 GMT, SAM <SAM@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >My wife has a new Compaq Presario F756NR running Vista Home Premium. >She has a Samsung ML-1210 laser printer that worked find under XP. I >installed the Vista Driver and when the install reached "Do you want >to print a test page?" I answered "yes." The printer "awoke" and the >data light on the printer began to flash but nothing printed. > >I tried to print a Word document, the data light on the printer >flashed, and when I opened the printer window I could see that it had >received 64KB of nnnKB, then 128KB. But after that there was no >further movement until I got an error with no explanation. > >After I flushed the print queue, and turned the printer off/on, I >created a very small text file with Notepad. This printed >successfully. But when I tried to print another Word document, I >experienced the same failure as previously. > >Can anyone offer an explanation, or a clue? > >Thanks very much. Replying to my own post... I probably would have received solutions to this problem if I had included what turned out to be the most pertinent piece of info. I originally connected to printer to the laptop via a Parallel/USB cable. This morning, I replaced that with a pure USB cable (and installed the Samsung USB driver) and everything seems fine now.
My System Specs

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