Solutions to Some
Common Printing Problems
Printer driver self-help: The Help System for your Seagull
driver contains a trouble-shooting guide that will help you with many printing
problems.
If printing through a non-USB serial port: Most printing
problems with non-USB serial ports are solved by following these guidelines:
1) The communication settings for your printer must be set to agree with the
settings in the Windows Control Panel for your serial port. If the baud rate,
parity, etc. do not agree, you will not be able to print.
2) Most non-USB serial printers require a "NULL modem" serial cable, sometimes
with a custom pin-out. Alternatively, a few serial printers use a
"straight-through" cable. Whatever the case, guessing your cable type is a bad
idea. You should consult the user's manual that came with your printer, as use
of the wrong cable type is more common than you might think and almost always
causes printing problems.