Printing problem, Epson R300???

OK, reinstalled windows 98 after a reformat with my harddrive installation disks.

Reinstalled all devices/drivers... no "!" in the device manager.
then reinstalled printer.

still did not print. this was the error I got when trying to print a test page.

RUNDLL32 caused a general protection fault
in module EPIJNL70.DRV at 0003:00006965.
Registers:
EAX=0000de8a CS=41f7 EIP=00006965 EFLGS=00000206
EBX=0000029c SS=18f7 ESP=0000870a EBP=0000871e
ECX=00001f45 DS=13a7 ESI=0000e000 FS=0000
EDX=000013a7 ES=1f1f EDI=00004196 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
f3 a5 13 c9 f3 a4 1f c4 5e 06 26 8b 47 20 29 46
Stack dump:
055c41cf 13a713a7 40204000 de8a1f1f c02213a7 67de8736
029c41f7 002213a7 13a79e8a 13a7055c 09268744 90d6874a
029c11df 002213a7 13a79e8a 13a7029c


This was Epsons responce.

Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.

A General Protection Fault (GPF) occurs when two Windows services attempt
to access the same memory address simultaneously which results in a system
freeze or Fatal Exception (blue screen) error. As this is an issue directly
with the Operating System of your computer, we are unable to assist. The
best thing that we can suggest to do would be to contact your computer
vendor or Microsoft for assistance in resolving. You can contact Microsoft
at (800) 426-9400 or www.microsoft.com for further information and
troubleshooting steps related to this issue.


Your continuted help is greatly appreciated.

 

Either a bad driver or driver conflict. Did you try using the downloaded drivers rather than from the cd? Did you try disabling any other devices? Different USB port?

 

Se?

If that's a USB printer, w98 doesn't support it; you need second edition to support it unless the drivers are special for 98.

 

By golly, I think you nailed it sparrow. I had jumped around all over the Epson site and saw references to use with 98 everywhere, but upon further digging, I found this;

Operating Systems

Windows USB - Windows 98 SE, 2000, Me and XP;


Looks like a good time for that upgrade, Mr. Baloo.

 

Oops, didn't look back that far. Thanks Pete. Back to post #22???

 

At this point since you do have a W2K upgrade CD and have slicked your system recently, I'd suggest you use the CD and do a clean W2K install.