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  1. 09-09-2005, 02:37 PM #1
    kyllrbeee
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    stupid printer

    somebody, what is my problem? i cant get my printer goin, when i try to print, it freaks out and says: printer rundll command failed... unable to create print job.
    im running windows 2000, and i have a compaq ij650 printer.
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  2. 09-09-2005, 03:02 PM #2
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    Reload your printer software.
    Improvise - Adapt - Overcome
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  3. 09-09-2005, 03:26 PM #3
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    As said. In control panel, remove any software for it.
    Remove the printer and it's drivers.

    REBOOT.

    Reload the software and drivers. Might not be a bad idea to get the latest software and/or drivers off their website. They are often much newer and improved over what is on the CD they ship with.
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  4. 09-09-2005, 07:24 PM #4
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    Thats a pretty old printer, it may simply be reaching the end of its life, but it would seem to be a software problem rather than a hardware one.
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  5. 09-10-2005, 05:18 PM #5
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    If ur still using parallel cable, and it is bad, it will cause "haywire" behavior too.
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  6. 09-10-2005, 10:36 PM #6
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    Might be a stupid guell lol coz I dunno what I'm saying about printers but is it one of those that take memory cards? Maybe the memory on the printer is bad?
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  7. 09-13-2005, 03:06 AM #7
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    tried dl'ing newer drivers, no help there, it teased me for a sec, but still the same message: "rundll command failed. command /k /n "compaq ij650 inkjet printer" failed to create print job"
    however, sometimes the message doesnt come up, in fact, nothing comes up. nothing happens at all, its like i never told it to print anything.
    this printer used to work fine. it kind of sat on a shelf for a while unplugged and unloved; all ive done is plug it back up, it should still work properly i would think.
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  8. 09-13-2005, 04:07 AM #8
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    Things often work fine till suddenly they don't. Ya twit
    Face it, the thing is probably beyond help.
    A nice shiny new canon MP110 costs less than $80 and uses much cheaper ink, get one of those then use the Lexmark/Compaq as a doorstop or to throw at the next-door kids when they play on your front lawn.

    Not much help I know, but its really not worthwhile to spend much time on such an old, slow and expensive to run printer.
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  9. 09-13-2005, 10:36 PM #9
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    New printers are cheap. That's an extremely old printer. It'd be best to get a new one
    Want to try anger management? Use a Win98 PC for 30 min without screaming, kicking, and yelling.
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  10. 09-15-2005, 12:02 PM #10
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    just another thing... the printer doesnt show up in the device manager. any ideas on why that is, maybe it has somethign to do with it... i really want this printer to work, i know theres nothing wrong with it, its jus some technical thing.
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