Start the PC with the printer turned off. See if the printer icon appears in the tray. If it does, you can click on it and maybe get some clues about what it's trying to print. It should also give a printer error at some point. If no printer icon appears, turn on the printer and see if it still turns out a few pages.
when turning on my PC. I have Windows XP and I'm not sure if the problem is with the printer or the XP. When I turn it on it will start feeding pages through and say "Printing..." on the LED screen on the printer. It prints a few characters on each page and sends through probably a maximum of four pages before it finishes. What is causing this and How can I make this stop?
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