“PCL XL Error – Invalid Media”
DaleSometimes it’s the support folk you need to worry about. When the customer prints a Word document, the user gets an “PCL XL Error – Invalid Media”. The first page…
“Dude, you people didn’t test the printer properly! It doesn’t print colour”
We test printers, and let the customers know whether they are compatible with their network and applications. It saves problems later, such as the Novell iPrint issues with HP UPD…
HP lets buggy print driver lurk on web.
Has update, but not going to release it to the web. I wrote back in December 2008, that the HP Universal Print Driver (UPD): Oh, and UPD 4.7.0 has issues…
“Unable to store job at printer”
Saw this error while setting up a HP Color LaserJet 3525 printer, with the HP Postscript Universal Print Driver (UPD). The problem was caused by several factors: not doing an…
Still a pack of cheap bastards
HP’s Universal Print Driver (UPD) v4.7.0 has finally been released. You might remember that I wrote that HP designed UPD because they are a pack of cheap bastards. The one…
Free paper templates.
I find incompetech a really useful site because it lets me create lined paper templates, which I can use to print out on good quality paper. Why is that important…
HP Office Jet Pro 7590
Occasionally a printer lands on my desk, for me to evaluate. There’s not much wrong with the OfficeJet 7590 except: standard black print cartridge only lasted 400 pages the install…
HP still dragging their feet on the Universal Print Driver.
Folks might remember my post on HP Universal Print Driver - shame it doesn’t work with Novell Netware. Late November, HP plan to release an updated driver (v4.7) which will…
HP Universal Print Driver – shame it doesn’t work with Novell Netware.
Being cheap bastards conscious of the support costs of maintaining device-specific printer drivers, HP has come up with the HP Universal Print Driver (UPD). Works great on Microsoft Windows based…
Not enough memory to complete this operation (adding a printer with Vista)
Trying to install my Lexmark X215 multi-function printer results in this error message under Vista: I don't know the actual cause, as I have 3GB of memory installed, but this…