Hi,

I just did a similar reinstall, and it seems to have worked fine. One
possible difference, however, is that I'm using a USB Parallel Printer
Adapter (Belkin F5U002), which connects the printer to a USB hub.
Maybe that would be a possible solution? Hope this helps.

Mark DeBellis

Chris Kingsley wrote:
> Hi, I'm running Windows XP home, and had a damaged main hard drive a couple
> of weeks ago which caused me to reinstall Windows on the other hard drive.
> Everything else is up and running now but I can't get my printer to print
> any more. I can install it with no problem, but it won't print. It will
> print a test page, only if I do it from the printer. It doesn't seem to be
> connecting with the PC at all, and I get no kind of error message. Of
> course, I've checked the connection. I'm sure it's missing something that it
> had when it was set up under the former C drive, but can't find out what.
> It's an HP laserjet 5L printer, and HP doesn't have anything for me as the
> printer is no longer supported. It was working fine before the crash and I'm
> going to have to hate to buy a whole new printer because of what seems for
> sure to be a software issue.
>
> Chris