The problem may go away if you figure out how to disable the printer status
monitor.

<rpesq@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Alan,
> Yes, the Bios is set to ECP, which is correct for this model.
>
> I have an old SMC Barricade router that has a parallel port built into
> it. I might try network printing to see if that works better with this
> unit. That would eliminate the HP driver issue.
>