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Posted on Jun 09, 2009

BJC 80 w/ Vista OS prints 1/2 page and goes to error mode.

BJC 80 is connected to Acer laptop with vista service pack 2, home edition O.S. Windows loaded the BJC 80 driver and the property settings are as follows: Ports, I selected the USB port and disabled the bi directional support as well as the enable printer pooling choices. Advanced Tab, I selected only the print directly to the printer option.
Problem:
Only one half of the document prints and the the printer goes into the error mode and stops printing. The printer status screen indicates an error-print with one document in queue.
I tried a new parrell to USB printer cable but, got the same results. I would be most appreciative of any suggestions in solving this problem.
A posting in a previous forum, with the same equipment and settings, reported that the printer performed perfectly.
Thank You,
Carmen Conti
1500 SW 65Th Ave.
Boca Raton, FL 33428
561-542-9562
[email protected]

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Purchase a PCMCIA parallel port card. That's a PC Card parallel port adapter. It provides a native parallel port to laptops that do not have one built in. Works perfectly in ALL cases, even with the scanner cartridge.

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    Helen Mar 19, 2014

    I have a similar problem here. My Dell laptop with Vista 32b & Canon BJC80 printer was connected with USB to Parallel cable. With mine, it didn't even print half a page. It did print, but was printing what seemed like test pages but non stop.

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    Helen Mar 19, 2014

    I used BAFO BF-1284 USB to Parallel/36pin cable, because it was advertised as being compatible with both Window Vista & Canon BJC-80 model. But as it is not printing properly, would I need to purchase this PCMCIA parallel port card for my laptop to work? Is there any

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