Hi Tony, I followed your directions and my printer is working again. Thanks a lot! I will most definitely keep your directions for future reference in case this ever happens again. I don't understand how this happened in the first place though because I never disabled anything. Thanks again! Take care, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Hernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] My printer won't print
> Hi Lisa. > > Firstly, Openbook will scan with this printer because it's using a twain > or > WIA scanner driver. The spooler service only pertains to printing, as far > as I know, so scanning doesn't use it. > > Secondly, I'd bet ten to one that your printer drivers are installed and > that the error message you're getting about no drivers is only because the > spooler service isn't running. You need to start the print spooler > service. > Go to the control panel and choose administrative tools. From there, > choose > services, not to be confused with component services. In services, press > tab once to go to the list of local services and find the print spooler > service. From here you need to do two things. > 1. hit the applications key to bring up a context menu, and then choose > start. > 2. After that, press alt+enter to go into the properties for that > service. > Then tab until you find the startup type combobox, and choose automatic, > if > it isn't already chosen. Finally tab to the ok button and activate it. > > After all that, you can close services and administrative tools, then > restart your computer. Then you can try to print something. If nothing > prints and you still get that no driver message, go ahead and try > installing > drivers. Here's hoping you won't get the same spooler error you got > before. > > I hope this is helpful to you. Let us know if you have any success or if > it > doesn't work for you. Happy printing. > > Tony Hernandez > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 11:56 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] My printer won't print > > > Hello everyone, > I have a lexmark printer. It is a printer, copier, and scanner all in one > unit. I haven't printed anything with it in a while, so last night my son > put new ink cartridges in it. He tried to print his paper for school, and > it said the printer driver is not installed would you like to install it > now, and he clicked yes. It wouldn't let us install anything, so below I > have pasted the message we got when we tried to install the driver. The > weird thing is that I can still scan a paper and read it with openbook. I > don't quite understand that. I am using windows XP home addition, and I > am > running jaws 8. If anyone has any suggestions for me, or can help me > figure > this out I would really appreciate it. Pasted message below. > Take care, > Lisa > > Printers > Operation could not be completed. The print spooler service is not > running. > OK > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.20/1107 - Release Date: > 11/3/2007 11:22 AM > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
