[GRLUG] Windows USB printing

[Eric Beversluis]

On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 14:48 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 09:43 -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> > At 09:24 AM 1/12/2012, you wrote:
> > >Remove them all.  Disconnect the printer. Reboot. Connect and
> > >reinstall the prtiner.
> > >>I've tried rebooting but that doesn't seem to help. Windows doesn't even
> > >>perceive the printer when I plug it in.
> > >Did you reboot with the printer disconnect and the printers uninstalled?
> > Found out the hard way - if you have a document that DID NOT PRINT, 
> > you can disconnect, uninstall, reboot, rip apart, and continue to 
> > otherwise trash the installed printer and it WILL NOT GO AWAY!!
> 
> Yep, been there.  Although I've been able to manually stop the SPOOLSS
> service, hack the registry, reboot, and get rid of a printer.
> 
> Anyway - short answer: DO NOT USE USB PRINTING IN WINDOWS.  Seriously.
> It is a nightware if it blows up.  Get a network attached printer
> [ethernet jack, not wireless] and just print all day long.
> 
> > For a printer to actually delete, the print queue must be empty. 
> > Might have to reinstall just to clear the queue.
> 
> Yes.  Eric, where the print queues empty when you deleted the printer?
> 
Hard to tell at this point. Anyway, it's working now, at least from
Word, which sees the original (not copy) Brother printer (also seen by
the MMC Print Manager).

Good point about network printer. 

Thanks all.


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