From: "Robert Comer" 

Years now (4 maybe?)  Ellen Mentioned some canon driver problems a year or
two ago too.

I stopped buying canon's because of driver and longevity issues...

- Bob Comer


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> How long ago was it you had those Canon driver problems?
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:42ff9ed2$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.
>>
>> 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 news:42feb73d{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> > 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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