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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: "Communication Error" Epson Stylus |
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I have an Epson c88. When printing from and XP-home machine, I get the
Epson Status Monitor popping up with the Epson Status Window and a
"Communication Error" displayed... check your connections, blah, blah,
blah. The printing always completes normally - but it always displays
this error.
The printer is hanging off a win2003 server, LPT1. The client printing
is XP-home with wireless networking. The client hooks up using
\\servername\printerName. Oddly, the printer show up in the control
panel -> properties as being on LPT1 - this seems odd. There is never
any status info displayed (e.g. color levels) in the control panel.
The problem does not occur on my other win2K clients on the network.
The strange thing is that this used to work just fine. (No, no idea
what caused the issue, the client has been rebuilt more than once and
no software tracking is possible). I've deleted the printer from the
client, the server, added it back, etc, no changes.
Ideas ? Any known issues or fixes ?
Thanks |
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measekite
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:22 am Post subject: Re: "Communication Error" Epson Stylus |
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- Bob - wrote:
| Quote: | I have an Epson c88. When printing from and XP-home machine, I get the
Epson Status Monitor popping up with the Epson Status Window and a
"Communication Error" displayed... check your connections, blah, blah,
blah. The printing always completes normally - but it always displays
this error.
The printer is hanging off a win2003 server, LPT1. The client printing
is XP-home with wireless networking. The client hooks up using
\\servername\printerName. Oddly, the printer show up in the control
panel -> properties as being on LPT1 - this seems odd. There is never
any status info displayed (e.g. color levels) in the control panel.
The problem does not occur on my other win2K clients on the network.
The strange thing is that this used to work just fine. (No, no idea
what caused the issue, the client has been rebuilt more than once and
no software tracking is possible). I've deleted the printer from the
client, the server, added it back, etc, no changes.
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When you did that did you also manually clean the registry form any
traces of the printer driver and then reboot? That is for both the
Server and the Client.
| Quote: | Ideas ? Any known issues or fixes ?
Thanks
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Jan Alter
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: Re: "Communication Error" Epson Stylus |
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"measekite" <inkystinky@oem.com> wrote in message
news:H79Vh.6919$5e2.736@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net...
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- Bob - wrote:
I have an Epson c88. When printing from and XP-home machine, I get the
Epson Status Monitor popping up with the Epson Status Window and a
"Communication Error" displayed... check your connections, blah, blah,
blah. The printing always completes normally - but it always displays
this error.
The printer is hanging off a win2003 server, LPT1. The client printing
is XP-home with wireless networking. The client hooks up using
\\servername\printerName. Oddly, the printer show up in the control
panel -> properties as being on LPT1 - this seems odd. There is never
any status info displayed (e.g. color levels) in the control panel.
The problem does not occur on my other win2K clients on the network.
The strange thing is that this used to work just fine. (No, no idea
what caused the issue, the client has been rebuilt more than once and
no software tracking is possible). I've deleted the printer from the
client, the server, added it back, etc, no changes.
When you did that did you also manually clean the registry form any traces
of the printer driver and then reboot? That is for both the Server and
the Client.
Ideas ? Any known issues or fixes ?
Thanks
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I've come across this situation with a C84 for two different reasons. The
first was when a cartridge was not placed back in its compartment to allow
all the wires to connect with the cartridge chip correctly and then second
was when one of the wires dangling from the print head compartment got
knackered to the point that I needed to use a thin bladed knife to readjust
it it so it would make contact with the chip on the cartridge.
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Jan Alter
bearpuf@verizon.net
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jalter@phila.k12.pa.us |
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- Bob -
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:14 am Post subject: Re: "Communication Error" Epson Stylus |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:22:15 GMT, measekite <inkystinky@oem.com>
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When you did that did you also manually clean the registry form any
traces of the printer driver and then reboot? That is for both the
Server and the Client.
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No... I will try that. |
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- Bob -
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:15 am Post subject: Re: "Communication Error" Epson Stylus |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:34:53 GMT, "Jan Alter" <bearpuf@verizon.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | I've come across this situation with a C84 for two different reasons. The
first was when a cartridge was not placed back in its compartment to allow
all the wires to connect with the cartridge chip correctly and then second
was when one of the wires dangling from the print head compartment got
knackered to the point that I needed to use a thin bladed knife to readjust
it it so it would make contact with the chip on the cartridge.
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The server does not seem to have any issues communicating... just the
client (reliably). Seems like they would both have problems if it was
a mechanical issue. |
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