Problem printing to Officejet G85xi

I have an Officejet G85xi connected to an XP machine using the parallel port (not USB). Almost every day the PC fails to print something (no useful error msg). If I power cycle the printer and reboot the PC it prints fine, at least for a while.
What's up?

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I have an Officejet G85xi connected to an XP machine using the parallel port (not USB). Almost every day the PC fails to print something (no useful error msg). If I power cycle the printer and reboot the PC it prints fine, at least for a while.
What are the non-useful error messages?
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