both printers (my moms and my own) are just randomly printing gibberish, weird symbols and fonts. I cant figure out whats going on, both have the most recent drivers. I just got my first printer (never had a need before school) so I was wondering what else you may need to know...Btw they are on the same network. does anyone know what might be wrong?
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Printers gone wild.
- Thread starter NiteMare
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You might have the wrong driver installed. The newest version of the wrong driver won't do you any good.
What interface are you using between the printer and your machine? USB? Ethernet? Parallel?
Does the printer successfully complete its test page and diagnostics?
What interface are you using between the printer and your machine? USB? Ethernet? Parallel?
Does the printer successfully complete its test page and diagnostics?
benamaster
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I haven't seen this since I've been using USB printers, normally that is the kind of things you see with a Parallel Port Printer or on a Mac with Apple Talk. I'm guessing the best solution would be to uninstall the printers, shut down the printers, restart the computer, install the latest drivers then shut down the computer, turn on the printer and then the computer should recognize the printer.
NiteMare said:both printers (my moms and my own) are just randomly printing gibberish, weird symbols and fonts. I cant figure out whats going on, both have the most recent drivers. I just got my first printer (never had a need before school) so I was wondering what else you may need to know...Btw they are on the same network. does anyone know what might be wrong?
This has happened to me on my network before. Delete your network shares (files, printers, etc) and rerun the network wizard (if they're on WinXP, otherwise recreate however you did it the first time) on all computers on the network. Reboot all machines, turn printers off and on (to clear printer memory buffers of the gibberish).