From: "Robert Comer" 

> No its a faux printer driver that makes a pdf file out of what you print
> from windows.  When you install it you have to reboot, but it doesn't tell
> you that you need to reboot.  After install you test it, naturally, and it
> works fine.  Then if you try to really print something before rebooting it
> hoses the spooler service, and if you're unlucky may hose some of your
> real
> printer driver setups.

Interesting, I use both Acrobat and a shareware pdf printer and haven't hit
that problem, though the NT spooler service isn't the most robust thing
I've ever seen.

> I've never tried Canon printer drivers, but now that you mention it, I've
> got a new Canon digital copier, fax, and printer at my home office, and I
> was going to set it up so I could print to it.  I use it primarily for fax
> and copying, but it has a relatively fast laser printer engine so I had
> thought of using it as a printer as well.  Should I avoid this idea and
> the
> Canon drivers?

If all you want to do is print, find out what generic windows driver will
print to it and use that rather than the canon drivers. If you need it all,
maybe the drivers have gotten better since I used a canon...

- Bob Comer


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:42ff7fda$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> No its a faux printer driver that makes a pdf file out of what you print
> from windows.  When you install it you have to reboot, but it doesn't tell
> you that you need to reboot.  After install you test it, naturally, and it
> works fine.  Then if you try to really print something before rebooting it
> hoses the spooler service, and if you're unlucky may hose some of your
> real
> printer driver setups.
>
> After you install it and reboot before printing, then all seems to work
> fine.
>
> I've had some funky Lexmark printer drivers that wanted to hose things up
> in
> general.  Can't remember if it hosed the spooler service or just several
> other things.
>
> I've never tried Canon printer drivers, but now that you mention it, I've
> got a new Canon digital copier, fax, and printer at my home office, and I
> was going to set it up so I could print to it.  I use it primarily for fax
> and copying, but it has a relatively fast laser printer engine so I had
> thought of using it as a printer as well.  Should I avoid this idea and
> the
> Canon drivers?
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:42ff733e$2{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Let me guess, Canon drivers by any chance?
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:42ff7071$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > I've got some printer drivers you can install that do a very effective
> job
>> > of killing the spooler service.  Let me know if you need some copies
>> > 
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > "Geo"  wrote in message
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>> > Try this, from taskmanager try to kill the spooler, now try it with the
>> > kill
>> > command from the reskit.
>> >
>> > Geo.
>> >  "Rich"  wrote in message
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>> >     The task manager should let you kill the same from the Processes
> tab.
>> >
>> >  Rich
>> >
>> >    "Geo"  wrote in message
> news:42fc7793$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >    Good information, thanks. Is taskkill the same as kill? IOW does it
>> > allow you to kill the processes that task manager doesn't let you kill?
>> >
>> >    Geo.
>> >      "Rich"  wrote in message
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>> >         Nope.  Yet more benefits of Windows XP over Windows 2000.
>> >
>> >      Rich
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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