"West Midlands, UK." wrote in message
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Has anyone had the problem with these USB printers like the C42, C44 or
C46,
that when you format your computer, and then install you printer, it tend
to
pick LPT for its output, when it should be the USB port, and trying to
resolve it takes ages, and everytime I have to do a format, the same thing
happen again and again.
But if I format the drive, and take the ( backup )battery out of the
computer, then replace it, set the time etc;, then put on windows, it find
its USB port immediately like the first time.
Friend, who have run computer for years, who have done computer
engineering,
still can't understand it, neither can I.
I wish they still sold the old parallel port printers, they were easy to
set
up, every.
The LPT! is used buy the scanner.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH USB PRINTERS ???
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typical windows-type problem - had same trouble a few weeks ago with a
colleague's laptop (W98) that had decided to stop recognising his USB CD
drive - uninstalled and reinstalled everything. Drive worked straight away
on another (Win2K) machine. The USB printers on my office machine (Win2K)
periodically "vanish" - though haven't had to do anything more drastic than
re-boot ...