I've had this printer for years and have used it on a couple different
machines using the same driver that came with it with no problems. Up
until today after recently building a new PC that i come to realize that
once i send a request to the printer to print out something (like a test page)
it just stalls in the print que (tray icon) and doesn't print! I tried d/ling another
driver dated March 2004 for my Win98SE OS and installed it and it still won't print.

It was working perfectly on my older system a few days ago so i know it's
not an issue with the printer itself. One thing i noticed however is that in
the past i always installed this printer to LPT1: Printer Port but it is not
available in the list of Ports on my new PC so i had to go with COM1: Communications
Port as COM2 was being used by my Dial-Up Modem.

Does this printer only work on LPT1?
Why is LPT1 not on the list of ports on my new computer during installation?

Thx for any info in advance!

Do you have the printer hooked up to the LPT1 physical connection on your new build?

This might help:

http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/printer/2/1944.html

I think the problem is either:

1) There is no parallel port on the motherboard

2) The Parallel Port is not enabled in the bios

I would agree classic, if the printer is hooked up to the physical LPT1 port it is probably not enabled in the BIOS...

problem solved! thx guys! :D

solution for those having the same problem:

-Boot up PC and go into BIOS
-Locate your Parallel Port Settings and select Enable
-Then select 378 and either normal or ECP and save & exit BIOS
-Right click on your printer, select Properties/Devices and from
the drop down menu u should now see LPT1: (Printer Port), select it
and click Apply. Done! She works!

I wish ASUS shipped their motherboards with LPT1 enabled :rolleyes:

Great to hear things worked out! ;)

I suspect that most of "today's" printers are probably being produced with USB and the parallel port's resources can be used elsewhere...

However, your situation proves the point that there still are a goodly number of parallel printers still around...shucks, I still have a HP LaserJet 5 that is parallel and don't plan on its early retirement any time soon...:)