Printer Driver - keeps installing copies of driver

01-30-2008

I have a laptop so don't always have the printer connected to it. Whenever
I do connect the printer, Vista goes off and searches for a driver (depsite
it already having one). It downloads and installs a copy of the printer
driver. When I try and print from Word or whatever, it sends to the latest
copy of the printer, which isn't of course the default! So nothing prints
and I get an error in the print queue. The only way I've found to sort the
problem is each time to go into control panel, delete the old printer and set
up the newest one as the default.

Apart from anything else it's driving my missus crazy because she cannot get
her head around what's going on!

Is there a way of stopping this from happening? Does it matter which USB
port I connect the printer to?

Details:
PC Toshiba Equium A100-337 laptop running Vista
Printer Samsung ML-1210

Many thanks,

01-30-2008

This is typically caused when the device vendor does not supply a serial
number in the data stream from the device so the OS never knows it not the
same device.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

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"David Croxson" <DavidCroxson@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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	Quote:
	> > I have a laptop so don't always have the printer connected to it. > Whenever > I do connect the printer, Vista goes off and searches for a driver > (depsite > it already having one). It downloads and installs a copy of the printer > driver. When I try and print from Word or whatever, it sends to the > latest > copy of the printer, which isn't of course the default! So nothing prints > and I get an error in the print queue. The only way I've found to sort > the > problem is each time to go into control panel, delete the old printer and > set > up the newest one as the default. > > Apart from anything else it's driving my missus crazy because she cannot > get > her head around what's going on! > > Is there a way of stopping this from happening? Does it matter which USB > port I connect the printer to? > > Details: > PC Toshiba Equium A100-337 laptop running Vista > Printer Samsung ML-1210 > > Many thanks,

01-30-2008

Right - thank you... so is there anything I can do to stop this from
happening?!

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

Quote:

> This is typically caused when the device vendor does not supply a serial
> number in the data stream from the device so the OS never knows it not the
> same device.
>
> --
> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "David Croxson" <DavidCroxson@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C8A89C6E-E419-473D-A43D-5E1E974FF4F3@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> > > > I have a laptop so don't always have the printer connected to it. > > Whenever > > I do connect the printer, Vista goes off and searches for a driver > > (depsite > > it already having one). It downloads and installs a copy of the printer > > driver. When I try and print from Word or whatever, it sends to the > > latest > > copy of the printer, which isn't of course the default! So nothing prints > > and I get an error in the print queue. The only way I've found to sort > > the > > problem is each time to go into control panel, delete the old printer and > > set > > up the newest one as the default. > > > > Apart from anything else it's driving my missus crazy because she cannot > > get > > her head around what's going on! > > > > Is there a way of stopping this from happening? Does it matter which USB > > port I connect the printer to? > > > > Details: > > PC Toshiba Equium A100-337 laptop running Vista > > Printer Samsung ML-1210 > > > > Many thanks,

>
>
>

01-30-2008	#1 (permalink)
David Croxson Guest	Printer Driver - keeps installing copies of driver I have a laptop so don't always have the printer connected to it. Whenever I do connect the printer, Vista goes off and searches for a driver (depsite it already having one). It downloads and installs a copy of the printer driver. When I try and print from Word or whatever, it sends to the latest copy of the printer, which isn't of course the default! So nothing prints and I get an error in the print queue. The only way I've found to sort the problem is each time to go into control panel, delete the old printer and set up the newest one as the default. Apart from anything else it's driving my missus crazy because she cannot get her head around what's going on! Is there a way of stopping this from happening? Does it matter which USB port I connect the printer to? Details: PC Toshiba Equium A100-337 laptop running Vista Printer Samsung ML-1210 Many thanks,

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