Windows 7 printer and HP1120c using gigaware usb, a parallel printer cable is not recognized by plug-and-play

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  72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00, 6 C, 00, 65, 00, 67, 00, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 00, 65, 00, 43, 00, 68,.

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  00,01,00,00,00,60, EE, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 60, ea, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00

  
  

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  "Object list"="1450".

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  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Spooler\Security]

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  00, 1 c, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 02, 80, 14, 00, ff, 01, 0f, 00, 01, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00,------.

  00,00,02,00,48,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,14,00, 8 d, 01, 02, 00, 01, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,------.

  05, 0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 18, 00, ff, 01, 0f, 00, 01, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 05, 20, 00, 00, 00,------.

  20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00, fd, 01, 02, 00, 01, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 05, 12, 00, 00, 00, 01,

  01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00

  I go to C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS, there is nothing for me to remove it.

  Any other advice would be greatly appreciated...

  Hello yan_dao69,

  I suggest that you try the methods below to solve the problem.

  Method 1:

  I suggest that you run the printer troubleshooter. This will automatically diagnose and fix printing problems:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-printer-Troubleshooter

  Ideally, this would set the print spooler service issues.

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  Method 3:

  Check the dependency of the spooler services in the registry.

  a. Click Start, type regedit in the search box and press ENTER.

  b. look for, and then click the following registry key:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler

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  d. in the details pane, if the DependOnService value shows values of RPCSS and other key, right-click DependOnService and then click on edit.

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  322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756 ) how to back up and restore the registry in Windows.

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