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Article #2775Re: plug & play, brother mfc740
From: Jeff Henshaw
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:00
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There is a lot of good parallel port Zip troubleshooting & background info on the Iomega site at http://www.iomega.com/support/1.html . One of the links discusses communication conflicts between the printer and the Zip. Jeff On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:34:51 +1000, "Motorcycle Concepts" <mcycle_concepts@bigpond.com> wrote: >A friend with A Canon BJ 620 had the same problem with >scanner, zip and printer on same port and uses the >raster driver for the printer and now no problems. I >had problems with my Epson 740 and a Zip drive sharing >so I didn't even try workarounds and installed an extra >parallel port. No problems now. > >C.D.Kuder MVP wrote in message ... >>My German is not very good, but it seems like your >friend has a problem with >>a Brother MFC 740 multi function printer/fax/copier >related to using a >>parallel port zip drive. >> >>My experience with the parallel port zip drive and >various scanner and >>printer drivers makes me think that an either but not >both may occur with >>the zip drive. >>I use a cannon BJC 620 printer, a Mustek 600III EP >Plus, and a parallel zip >>drive on the same parallel port. (they are daisy chain >connected in this >>order--zip, scanner, printer.) >>All will function, but may not be used simultaneously. >It was necessary to >>use the standard bi-directional parallel port mode in >BIOS and in windows, >>and use an alternate raster printer driver that does >not use a printer >>monitor. The original WPS printer driver caused all >sorts of problems. >> >>Patrick Velte <PVelte@T-OnLine.De> wrote in message >>news:7jdqc3$mtt$1@news02.btx.dtag.de... >>> hy *all* >>> >>> ein guter freund von mir hat sich vor kurzem einen >brother mfc740 >>> farbtinten-drucker/kopierer/fax (kombiger�t) >gekauft. eigentlich l�uft >>auch >>> alles perfekt, auch die steuerung vom pc aus ist >einwandfrei. das problem, >>> was er hat, ist, da� sobald windows neu hochgefahren >wird, jedesmal eine >>> neue hardwarekomponente, n�mlich der drucker, >gefunden wird. egal was man >>> macht, jedesmal beim neustart findet er aufs neue >den drucker und will die >>> installationssoftware. wenn man dabei abbricht, ist >in den >>systemsteuerungen >>> der drucker schon aufgelistet und funktioniert laut >windows auch >>> einwandfrei. >>> zu erg�nzen ist noch, da� am gleichen lpt auch ein >zip-drive h�ngt, was >>�ber >>> einen externen druckerumschalter geswitched wird. >vielleicht h�ngt es >>> irgendwie mit der zip-drive-software zusammen; kann >ich mir jedoch nicht >>so >>> ganz vorstellen. >>> >>> hat jemand irgendeine idee oder vielleicht sogar >einen klugen plan, wie >>man >>> dieser windows-macke entkommen kann ?!?!? >>> f�r jede antwort w�re ich dankbar. >>> >>> antworten bitte direkt als e-mail an >pvelte@t-online.de >>> >>> merci >>> ciao >>> patrick >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------- >---------------- >>> Patrick Velte >>> Velte@GMX.De >>> Http://Home.T-OnLine.De/Home/PVelte >>> ACHTUNG: Bei Problemen mit Attaches >>> Mail an: PVelte@T-OnLine.De >>> >>> >>> >> >>
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