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WASTED A WHOLE REAM ON ONE LINE OF CODE PER PAGE. DRIVER ISSUE? !!

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  1. Una Nolan
    @unan539

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my receipt printer is printing one line of code per page.

    USB Audio Device Properties

    USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.

    it started after the driver update from Canon. ive lost a lot of paper and patience, ive read that this happens when teh driver doesnt match teh printers language, like PCL vs PostScript... how do i check what language my driver is using and which one teh printer expects?? id rather not waste another stack of paper testing. any ideas??

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  2. Clara Kowalski
    @clarak303

    lol same thing happened to me if you added the printer through discovrey, Windows may have picked a similar models drievr. Remove the printer and re-add it with the exact model driver from teh printer makers support page.

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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  3. Joon Moreau
    @shader_wrangler-36o

    ahh classic clear the spooler and stuck jobs: net stop spooler, delete files in C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS, net start spooler. Then power cycle teh printer to clear its buffer.

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  4. Clara Kowalski
    @clarak303

    ahh classic if only PDFs fail, try Print as image in the PDF readers advanced print settings as a workaround while u fix teh driver. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  5. Ines
    @ines_socket-3mo

    oh ive been there lol gibberish usually means the driver is sending a language teh printer doesnt understand (e.g. PostScript to a PCL-only prniter, or a wrong models PCL). In Printer properties > Advanced, check teh driver name and switch to the correct one for your exact model and language.

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  6. Clara Kowalski
    @clarak303
    in reply to @ines_socket-3mo

    yeahhh check teh port: a printer added to the wrong IP (another printer on the network) can produce gibberish if it gets jobs for a different model. confirm the IP in Ports matches.

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  7. Erik S.
    @erik.silva

    long time lurker first post lol lol this thread is gold. @felixe136 what did u end up doing in the end pls help 🙏

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  8. Erik S.
    @erik.silva

    ok so for me it was teh power plan... swapped it and boom, fixed hope that helps :)

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  9. Felix E.
    @felixe136

    @clarak303 thank u this worked!! owe u a beer 🍺

    it works on my machine™

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  14. Joon Moreau
    @shader_wrangler-36o

    yeahhh following, having teh same problem

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  15. Una Nolan
    @unan539
    in reply to @clarak303

    @clarak303 Cleared teh spooler, power cycled the printer, and reinstalled BJC-240 Driver. Prints are normal again. seriously made my day 😭🙏

    thumbsup

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