Question about Encore ENPS-2012 3-Port 10/100 Printer Server Print Server
I have a nice hp2100 printer and it is 10 years old and works good but
my new laptop has vista and will not print. i have brought the serial cable but it is not working, any help???
Many drivers that were supported by X are not supported by Vista. Suggestion to solve this and the numerous problems you will encounter is to revert to XP. Untill then, do the following.
Remove printer
1. Click the "Start" button, type PRINTER in the search box and press Enter.
2. Find the icons which are related to HP LaserJet 2100, and delete them.
3. Right-click on the blank part of the window, and choose "Run as administrator"->"Server Properties".
4.
On the Drivers tab, select the listed printer and click the Remove
button. Please then select Remove driver and driver package.
5. Open Start menu, input APPWIZ.CPL in the Search box and press ENTER to launch "Programs and Features".
6. Try to remove all related printer software.
Then, please download the latest drivers from the following website and install.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=14914&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25469&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2093
If the above steps do not work, please follow the steps below to clear Printing Subsystem and reinstall the driver again.
Click
"Start", type "regedit" in Research Bare and press "Enter". Browse to
the following registry key by clicking the PLUS (+) sign:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
Click
the PLUS (+) sign to expand Printers key. All current printers
installed on your computer are listed there. Please right click each
subkey in it on the left pane and click "Delete".
Step 2.
Browse to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows NTx86\Drivers\Version-3
Click
the PLUS (+) sign to expand "Version-3". All printer drivers which have
been installed on your computer will be listed there. Please right
click each subkey in it on the left pane and click "Delete".
Step 3:
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Locate and then expand the following registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors
View the list of subkeys. There should only be the following subkeys for the default print monitors:
BJ Language Monitor
Local Port
PJL Language Monitor
Standard TCP/IP Port
USB Monitor
If
there are any subkeys other than the subkeys that are listed above has
to be deleted. To do this, right-click each subkey that is not on the
list, and then click Delete. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm
the deletion.
Step 4:
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Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard.
Go to safe mode.
Open "My Computer" and browse to the folder:
Go to the Following folder
(i) C:\Windows\System32\spool\prtprocs\w32x86
(ii) C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers
(iii) C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Drivers\w32x86
And then delete all the files and the folders in the following 3 folders.
Check Whether the Spooler services is Working Properly.
Then try to install the latest Windows Vista driver again.
Hope it helps
Posted on Jul 26, 2009
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