>Ed,
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>I set the parallel port to EPP in the bios and all is well!
>

Great! You shouldn't have any further problems, and you've got something you can try next time that you run into similar problems setting up a new printer, or an old printer on a new machine.

>Thanks again,
>
>Allen
>
>>>I'm real sure the cable is ok and I've also switch it with another. The ECP config might be the problem. How do I change it?
>>>
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>>Start by going into the Windows Device Manager and deleting the entry for the parallel port. Then reboot the system and use the BIOS Setup routines to configure the parallel port - exactly how depends on the specifics of the BIOS. There's a screen somewhere in your BIOS setup that details how your peripherals are set up - if they're active, what ports, interrupts DMA channels and the like get used. In most of the BIOSes I'm familiar with, you can select the print port mode, with choices like standard, bi-directional, EPP, ECP and EPP+ECP. Change it to one of the settings that doesn't include ECP in the choice