printing to my XP PC's printer problem

I use Vista on my network notebook and XP on my PC. I have a HP 6L printer
hooked up to the PC. All of a sudden, it started printing a blank page in
addition to every page I send to print from my Notebook. The PC prints just
fine. I am stumped as Vista says it has the latest printer driver installed
and so does the XP.

Any suggestions? Firewall are from PCcillin and Mcfee. I have allowed
those additional ports as referenced in another post, but no change.

Thanks for you help.

"fireman175" <fireman175@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92A25F1E-6946-44DE-901F-E203A9926847@microsoft.com...
>I use Vista on my network notebook and XP on my PC. I have a HP 6L printer
> hooked up to the PC. All of a sudden, it started printing a blank page in
> addition to every page I send to print from my Notebook. The PC prints
> just
> fine. I am stumped as Vista says it has the latest printer driver
> installed
> and so does the XP.
>
> Any suggestions? Firewall are from PCcillin and Mcfee. I have allowed
> those additional ports as referenced in another post, but no change.
>
> Thanks for you help.


Networked printers (which a shared printer effectively is) have advanced
options to print banners and/or blank pages between print jobs so as to
separate different print jobs from different users on a remote printer. You
need to check the settings on the printer installed on the Vista machine to
make sure that you haven't inadvertently turned this on.

I have tried to adjust settings for the 6L printer from my Vista Notebook,
however most everything is greyed out. I even go in as the adminstrator.
But, I will give it a try when I get home. The printer is actually installed
on the XP PC. However, I see it on the Network from my Vista. Is this what
you mean?

Thank you!

"Gordon" wrote:

> "fireman175" <fireman175@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:92A25F1E-6946-44DE-901F-E203A9926847@microsoft.com...
> >I use Vista on my network notebook and XP on my PC. I have a HP 6L printer
> > hooked up to the PC. All of a sudden, it started printing a blank page in
> > addition to every page I send to print from my Notebook. The PC prints
> > just
> > fine. I am stumped as Vista says it has the latest printer driver
> > installed
> > and so does the XP.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Firewall are from PCcillin and Mcfee. I have allowed
> > those additional ports as referenced in another post, but no change.
> >
> > Thanks for you help.
>
>
> Networked printers (which a shared printer effectively is) have advanced
> options to print banners and/or blank pages between print jobs so as to
> separate different print jobs from different users on a remote printer. You
> need to check the settings on the printer installed on the Vista machine to
> make sure that you haven't inadvertently turned this on.
>
>

"fireman175" <fireman175@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B1B8CFE-FDD6-4C1E-88B5-E7E66F04CC11@microsoft.com...
>I have tried to adjust settings for the 6L printer from my Vista Notebook,
> however most everything is greyed out. I even go in as the adminstrator.
> But, I will give it a try when I get home. The printer is actually
> installed
> on the XP PC. However, I see it on the Network from my Vista. Is this
> what
> you mean?
>

Not exactly - it should have been installed as a Network printer on the
notebook, and as such has some extra settings that a local printer
doesn't....

I reinstalled the printer as a network printer from my Vista Notebook. It
still is hardwired to the PC. I believe this is the way it was before. I
looked around on the advanced button on the setup for the printer while using
the Vista Notebook. I could not find what you were referring to. It still
includes a blank page after every single page of a multiple or single page
print job.

Thanks, Carl

"Gordon" wrote:

> "fireman175" <fireman175@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2B1B8CFE-FDD6-4C1E-88B5-E7E66F04CC11@microsoft.com...
> >I have tried to adjust settings for the 6L printer from my Vista Notebook,
> > however most everything is greyed out. I even go in as the adminstrator.
> > But, I will give it a try when I get home. The printer is actually
> > installed
> > on the XP PC. However, I see it on the Network from my Vista. Is this
> > what
> > you mean?
> >
>
> Not exactly - it should have been installed as a Network printer on the
> notebook, and as such has some extra settings that a local printer
> doesn't....
>
>