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HP Office Jet print/scan on different ports:
I just added HP OfficeJet K80xi to a computer running Windows 2000 Professional. Interestingly, when OfficeJet is set to LPT1, it only prints. When it is set to DOT4, it only scans. An enduser therefore has to switch the port back and forth in printer's setting. This routine is extremely cumbersome.
Does anyone encounter this problem before? Is there a way to set printing and scanning to the same port -- to either LPT1 or DOT4? I've been unable to configure this successfully. Maybe there is a configuration for W2kPRO that I might miss somewhere.
Computer = HP Vectra VL 866 MHZ, 256MB Ram, 30GB HD.
Thanks in advance
Charlie
Does anyone encounter this problem before? Is there a way to set printing and scanning to the same port -- to either LPT1 or DOT4? I've been unable to configure this successfully. Maybe there is a configuration for W2kPRO that I might miss somewhere.
Computer = HP Vectra VL 866 MHZ, 256MB Ram, 30GB HD.
Thanks in advance
Charlie
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Have you tried switching to the USB interface? If changing to ECP doesn't get your parallel port to work, then you might want to change interfaces altogether.
I don't know about the All-In-Ones, but with HP DeskJets you must completely uninstall the software and hardware and then let plug-and-play find the printer on USB before it will switch I/O's. It's a bit tricky, I've done it with a DJ 970c, but it can be done.
Cindy
I don't know about the All-In-Ones, but with HP DeskJets you must completely uninstall the software and hardware and then let plug-and-play find the printer on USB before it will switch I/O's. It's a bit tricky, I've done it with a DJ 970c, but it can be done.
Cindy
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