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Print Spooler error messages - how to disable
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 at 2:16 am
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Posted by Stevet (1 messages posted)


Sometimes our W2k3 Print Server loses sight of a printer and displays the 
following error:

"The print spooler was unable to connect to your printer. This can be caused 
by your printer being turned off, the cable being unplugged, or by being 
connected to a VPN, which will block your access to your local network. Your 
document will print when the printer becomes available."

The message stays on screen until manually cleared, it does not 
automatically clear when the printer comes back online.

From what i have read i should only need to clear the checkboxs in Print 
Server Properties, Advanced to stop this appearing but I still have the 
problem.

Can anyone suggest a way to make the error self clear?




Responses to this message:
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (NKP: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at 5:05 am)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (luke gervase: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 9:06 am)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (jim: Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 1:09 pm)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (phyl: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 4:17 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Stevet: Tue, Aug 2, 2005, 2:16 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (NKP: Tue, Oct 11, 2005, 5:05 am)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (adam: Sun, Oct 15, 2006, 1:04 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (luke gervase: Tue, Oct 25, 2005, 9:06 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Gerd Liebhardt: Mon, Jan 9, 2006, 7:08 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Anthony Antkowiak: Tue, Mar 7, 2006, 8:57 am)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Krystyna: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 6:47 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (adam: Sun, Nov 26, 2006, 6:21 pm)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (James scammell: Wed, Nov 29, 2006, 2:05 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Charles Brunelle: Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 11:40 am)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (J: Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 2:36 pm)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (JonT: Mon, Mar 12, 2007, 6:08 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Roy: Fri, Jun 15, 2007, 8:50 pm)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Fred Moller: Tue, Jul 3, 2007, 3:29 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Valerie: Wed, Jul 4, 2007, 4:36 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Roy: Wed, Jul 4, 2007, 7:56 am)
-re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Linda M: Fri, Jul 27, 2007, 5:56 pm)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Peter Flemming: Wed, Dec 12, 2007, 1:39 pm)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (ICT_ADMIN: Tue, Jun 3, 2008, 11:40 pm)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (Ron Witte: Sun, Jun 17, 2007, 5:59 am)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (jim: Sat, May 27, 2006, 1:09 pm)
*re: Print Spooler error messages - how to disable (phyl: Wed, Jul 12, 2006, 4:17 pm)
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