I have an hp 842c and an IBM 560z laptop 300mhz w 128mb.
My printer is connected via usb - most of the time when I try to print, the print cartridge cradle slams up against the side of the printer and the gears begin to grind and all three lights start blinking and the driver software says that there is some type of "mechanism error." It says something is obstructing the cradle. I look in the printer, and it looks clear. The paper seems fine.
Sometimes is prints ok, more often on 1 page documents. I would have thought it was likely a mechanical problem of some sort, but when I am printing, the driver often gives a message like "printing page 7 of 4" so I think there is a problem with the driver.
I mostly print with Lotus Word Pro, but have tried with Microsoft Outlook and had the same error. I have had other printers work fine on this computer.
I have solved a problem with the driver not detecting my printer. (I had plugged the printer into my computer before installing the driver and the driver installation was unable to deal with something that win98 did in the registry so I had to download a progrm from hp's site designed to scrub the registry.)
Jacob Perasso
jperasso@netzero.net
My printer is connected via usb - most of the time when I try to print, the print cartridge cradle slams up against the side of the printer and the gears begin to grind and all three lights start blinking and the driver software says that there is some type of "mechanism error." It says something is obstructing the cradle. I look in the printer, and it looks clear. The paper seems fine.
Sometimes is prints ok, more often on 1 page documents. I would have thought it was likely a mechanical problem of some sort, but when I am printing, the driver often gives a message like "printing page 7 of 4" so I think there is a problem with the driver.
I mostly print with Lotus Word Pro, but have tried with Microsoft Outlook and had the same error. I have had other printers work fine on this computer.
I have solved a problem with the driver not detecting my printer. (I had plugged the printer into my computer before installing the driver and the driver installation was unable to deal with something that win98 did in the registry so I had to download a progrm from hp's site designed to scrub the registry.)
Jacob Perasso
jperasso@netzero.net