catgate Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 This is not a problem but a puzzle.I have a friend who has a Motor Repair and Servicing business. One of his services is MOT testing. He had a new MOT bay built about two years ago and it was kitted out with a set of new equipment. The exhaust gas analyser consists of a "yellow painted half size GPO post box" with a 17" flat screen monitor on top and inside is a computer, on XP, whose only purpose is to operate the analyser and feed the results to the Brother printer, so that a "Certificate" can be presented to the lucky winner. (Of course there is the probe too, to, extract the flavour from the exhaust).Well the printer started chewing up paper and the toner cartridge holder was also damaged (one of the chaps that is authorised to use it is a big lad. So he asked me if I could find him a new one, which I did. I presumed, in my simple country bumpkin way, that it would be a simple matter of unplugging the mains and the USB connection and plugging the new printer into the mains and the USB socket. No such luck.I stolidly refused to co-operate. After fiddling about for ten minutes rebooting, retesting and almost running a customer's car dry through retesting its exhaust, I decided to see what would happen if I reloaded the drivers from the CD which came with the new printer.Bingo! The Jackpot.Why would the previous driver not run the new printer? Are they keyed on the CD? Surely they must be the same drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Until recently I was the proud owner of a similar Brother laser printer. However - it developed the habit of refusing to accept instructions from the computer and insisted I reload the driver to put it back into a receptive mood. This would happen at least weekly.I eventually used this as the excuse to replace it with an Epson colour laser which (fingers crossed) has consistently behaved itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedadmin Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 It's probably just the way it has to be installed. Like I know most HP printers, you MUST install the software first before plugging in the printer or else all hell breaks loose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Only ever used Epson, no problems at all. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Only ever used Epson, no problems at all. :DInteresting - but how does that help catgate...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Only ever used Epson, no problems at all. :D Did your emission tester come complete with the Epson or did you buy it later as an extra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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