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More info?)
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the interest, replies as follows;
First of all a correction file size should read 8. megs not 80 as first
stated, just a wee typo.
1. Operating system: Win XP Pro
2. Paging file settings ?: Where do I find them
3 Connections: Usb 1
4 Failure to respond: Job spools up and print confirmation box appears
and okay'd
then nothing happens, power button flashes, and icons appear in systray, no
paper feed or carriage action.
5. Spooler Queue: On clicking on the printer icon in systray the
print queue shows the page as printing, in fact it is impossible to delete
the job without a reboot. neither work offline or paused are selected.
6. Small jobs: Other jobs on normal settings work fine, even
larger files, this only seem to happen when best quality and gloss paper is
selected.
7. Test Page: prints a test page fine and fast except when
tried after trying the gloss paper setting and the previous job is still in
the list.
8. Ink Carts: Ink level seems fine.
Further Info:
I have a second printer an Hp 870cxi on the parallel port which prints great
without any problem on the same job which causes problems on the 1220c.,
from this I would deduce that the problem is printer specific.
I hope that this might be of help in your considerations and thanks again
for the interest.
David
"Bob Headrick" <bobh@proaxis.com> wrote in message
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>
> "tenchman" <tenchman@spamoff.ie> wrote in message
> news:cebuhu$ugr$1@kermit.esat.net...
> > Hi Group,
> > I am running a p4, 2.66gh with 1 gig of ram. I have two 80gig hard
drives
> > almost empty.
> >
> > Yet when I come to print on my HP 1220c printer in best format and set
to HP
> > gloss paper, from Adobe Illustrator, file size 80megs approx, the
printer
> > fails to respond.
> >
> > It appears to be a spooling or setting problem, this was all working
fine
> > until recently, I have used a system restore back two weeks but that
makes
> > no difference.
> >
> > Can anyone please advise as to what might be the problem?
>
> Please post some more information about the setup and problem:
>
> 1. What OS?
> 2. What are your paging file settings?
> 3. Is the printer connected via parallel port or USB? If USB are you
using an
> IEEE 1284 cable?
> 4. What is the nature of failing to respond - does the green light on the
> power button blink? Does the printer make any noises? Do any of the
lights
> come on on the printer? Are there any error messages?
> 5. Does the job stay in the spooler queue? If so make sure the printer
is not
> set to "paused" or "work offline" in the setup.
> 6. Will the printer work OK for small print jobs?
> 7. If no for [6] above will the printer print a test page from the
toolbox or
> a self test as shown at:
>
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bpd07098&product=61012&dlc=en&lang=en#N10248
> (using the button sequences for the 900 series printers, they are the
same).
> 8. If no for [7] then open the lid. The carriage will move to one of 5
> positions corresponding to all OK (happy face), black or color defective
> (unhappy face) or black or color low on ink. Does the carriage move to
the
> happy face position?
>
> Regards,
> Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
> MS MVP Printing/Imaging
>
>
>
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