Epson Stylus CX5500 driver

[truenorth]

wmk, "1. Microsoft XPS Document Writer
2. Sent To OneNote 2007"
What are they? Do they actually exist? If not something you have or need. Delete them and then try to:
1.Print a double sided document using the cx5500(assuming it too is still in the list)
2.With the 2 above deleted try to uninstall and reinstall the CX5500 as per the manual and my instructions re the manual insertion of the 6.55 drivers as i earlier stated.
3.You can overcome any interference of the other 2 (listed) if you make the one referring to the cx5500 the default printer (if for some reason your are unable/unwilling to remove the other 2)truenorth
P.S. Your assumption about "not affecting" can be incorrect.If either one is being used as the default it can/will create an error if it/they are being asked to do something they/it is incapable of.I:E: print double sided.

[wmk]

truenorth, the Epson printer is already the default printer.  Microsoft XPS Document Writer is for saving any document as an XPS document.  Sent To OneNote 2007 relates to the OneNote application in Office 2007.   Ports for both are Local Ports, one being the XPS Port and the other Sent To Microsoft OneNote Port.  They are not actual physical printers like the Epson one.

Print to the XPS Document Writer when you want to create, send, and share or publish documents that you do not want other people to modify, or when you want to print a document or display it online exactly as it appears on your screen. It's also a good idea to create an XPS document for files that contain graphics or illustrations that might otherwise display differently in print than online or on computers with different monitors.
(This is from WindowsHelp)

[Geek-9pm]

Geek, I'd rather wipe it all out and reinstall my OS in C:, though I have both C and D partitioned equally to 80GB each.

My intent was to try to influence you to do a second install as a diagnostic tool.
A new 20 GB partition is enough to install bare Vista. You can remove it later.

If you can repeat  the symptom in the new install, it points to the printer failing. (Which is what I suspect.) The new install only needs to be the bare OS and your word processor and the printer drivers. If you duplicate the same problem, it has to be the printer. Don't put stock in what Epson told you. Prove them wrong.

Google search shows this problem to be widespread.
Just do it and you will and an answer 

[truenorth]

wmk, I concur with Geek's rational and that is why i also suggested it earlier. With one slight difference. If indeed another O/S installation (even if it turns out to be Vista) does enable the "double sided" functionality of the printer then you could keep it for that one purpose. If you do go Geek's route with a 2ND install (on a partition) with Vista and it does work then you could either keep the double Vista boot or remove the one now installed and replace it and then remove the test one. Clear i hope. Thanks for the explanation of those 2 other items listed under "printers'. truenorth
P.S. While it certainly may be a possibility that as Geek suggests a printer "failing" i am not inclined in that direction as i understand it this only occurred after your Vista reinstall.

[Geek-9pm]

Over a year ago people were gripping about the Epsom double sided printing.

Either the driver does not install correctly or Windows does not recognize it. The problem is specific to Epsom. Either way, users are not happy. Here is a post over a year ago. It was one of many on a Google search.

... purchased this product after my HP 5610 stopped working. I make heavy use of the ADF scanning and noticed the Epsom Workforce 500 was billed as supported duplex printing. Both of these selling points failed to perform as expected and I returned the unit...

End of my rant.

[truenorth]

Geek-9pm, Take some "Epsom salts" to help you recover from your "rant" re the "Epson" printer problem of wmk, truenorth

[wmk]

Truenorth, Geek,  from the CDs that came with my computer, I have one that boots, another that contains Vista and one software drivers and the last software applications.  Pls tell me how to install "the bare OS" on D:.

P.S. I do not have other Windows OS available.

[Geek-9pm]

Why didn't you say so!
Here is a link you may or may not enjoy. You decide.
Looks like Geek to me!   
http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/make-a-vista-cd

[wmk]

Geek, I would like to run the steps with you first:
1. Make a folder called Vista install files and copied the entire contents of the recovery DVD to that folder.  Question: I have 4 CDs - one to boot, 2nd to install Vista, 3rd for software drivers, and 4th for software applications.   Do I download all of them or what?  And where do I place this folder?  in C: or D:? 

2. Download VLite 1.1, then 1.2 from www.vlite.net.

3. install Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).

4. manually transfer wimgapi.dll from waik to vlite.

5. start vlite and point it to the folder in 1.   Question: how do you point it to the folder?

Did I get it right?

Then do I burn a CD from whatever resulted from the customization by vlite?
And afterwards, do I just insert that CD in the CD drive E: and then what?

[dipso]

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[patio]

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[Geek-9pm]

The Thread is 6 months old....

But it got Read 2822 times   

[dipso]

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[patio]

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[dipso]

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