Re: [WinMac] HP 4000 Printer Problem

Liam Helmer(image53[at]axionet.com)
Thu, 10 Sep 98 23:14:54 -0700

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>This is very similar to a computer we have runing 8.1. It seems to lose
>the printer randomly and the only way to find it again is to shut down
>and reboot. This works 50% of the time. Shutting down twice always gets
>the printer back.
>
>Is this a virus, or some weird conflict?
>
>THanks for your help.

Is this a localtalk printer by chance? There's a problem with some
printer drivers and an OS 8.1 extension called "localtalk PCI".
Un-install it, and your printer should work fine (although slightly
slower).

>We have a strange problem that no one seems to be able to fix and I was
>wondering if anyone had any suggestions.
>
>We have a ethernet network of Macs and PCs. All computers are using peer
>to peer networking to share files, we don't share files between macs, but
>we do share the printer.
>
>It is an HP4000. On the Mac side it just plugs into the network. On the
>PC side, a PC has to act as a print server.
>
>Recently, all the Macs could not find the printer. The PC could and if we
>hooked the printer up directly over LocalTalk the Mac could find it.
>However, using ethernet, none of the macs could find the printer using
>the Chooser.
>
>Does anyone have any idea why this would start happening. It just started
>one morning.

I'd say it's pretty obvious: there's a break between the printer an the
network, and it doesn't affect the PC's because they're not hooked up to
it. Happy hunting =)

Cheers
Liam

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