From: "Gary Britt" 

How long ago was it you had those Canon driver problems?

Gary

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> > 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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