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How to Troubleshoot Garbage Printing

how to troubleshoot garbage printing Garbage Printing is the most troublesome problem that you may have encountered in your printer life. On the other hand, the causes to result in printing garbage are complex and diverse. And in order to help you to cultivate and enhance the ability to troubleshoot garbage printing, we have explored the two aspects of software and hardware to make your printer life more smooth and flexible.

From The Perspective of Software

1. Software Conflicts
Pirated software for example, the financial statements of certain decrypted system, will result in malfunction of printer Drivers. In addition to, even the licensed software may lead to abnormal operation of the printer in that those files are required to install the printer port dongle. Therefore, you should uninstall those kind of software to get rid of printing garbage.

2. Improper Installation of Printer Drivers
Garbage Printing may also result from improper installation of printer Drivers. Such the case being, it is imperative to update your printer Drivers into the latest version. And here we strongly propose you HP Drivers software of Driver Detective to optimize your printer Drivers into the official and up-to-date version.

3. Incorrect Settings of BIOS
If the print line is the traditional one instead of the USB printer line, you are suggested to inspect whether the parallel port mode of the printer in the settings of BIOS is right or not to get rid of the printing garbage. To be specific, you should click "Integrated peripheral - parallel port mode" in the dialog of BIOS, and the following fore mode of "SPP" (standard parallel port ), "EPP" (enhanced parallel port), "ECP" (extended parallel port), "ECP + EPP" will be popped up to you. And it is highly recommended that "SPP" mode is for traditional printer, and ECP + EPP mode for modern popular printer instead.

4. Uninstallation of The Specific Font
The specific font hasn't been installed or impaired, thus causing the garbage printing. Under this circumstance, please open the "Control Panel - Fonts", and click the menu of "File" in the drop-down dialog. Now, you can choose to install the specific font that it is needed to be printed.

From The Perspective of Hardware

1. Printer Cable Failure
Printer cable failure will result in garbage printing as well. For instance, printer cables and its interface are open and short circuit in some cases. And you can execute the command "DIR – PRN" under the menu of MS-DOS to detect whether there is something wrong with your printer cable.

2. I / O control Chip Damage
I / O control chip on the motherboard has been damaged, and many input as well as output devices will be affected therefore. And in fact, the causes are not that difficult to distinguish. Furthermore, to repair the motherboard can render is sound and well.

3. Hardware Failure Itself
You should resort to their respective self-test method of different printer brands according to the printer manual to observe whether the printer has been faced with hardware failure. And if the answer is "Yes", the only way to out of it is to send it to the professional maintenance personnel for help accordingly.