Not A Normal Printer Problem

defrag1720 · 03-01-2008

I do not have a printer hooked up or ever loaded onto my laptop and do not plan on doing so. I read that to print to file that the Microsoft XPS Document Writer should remain as the "Printer" even though one is not installed.
In the Event Viewer I constantly get "SpoolerWin32SPL" Warnings with an event ID of 4. I checked the cures at Microsoft and they all pertain to having a real printer. I suspect that I could shut down all spooler and print activities but I'm not sure that I might not be affecting something else by doing so.
Any suggestions by anyone who may have had this problem or seen this same issue in writing?
Thanx,
Frag

03-03-2008

If you're not using the XPS Writer (installed with Office) then disable it.
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	> > I do not have a printer hooked up or ever loaded onto my laptop and do > not plan on doing so. I read that to print to file that the Microsoft > XPS Document Writer should remain as the "Printer" even though one is > not installed. > In the Event Viewer I constantly get "SpoolerWin32SPL" Warnings with an > event ID of 4. I checked the cures at Microsoft and they all pertain to > having a real printer. I suspect that I could shut down all spooler and > print activities but I'm not sure that I might not be affecting > something else by doing so. > Any suggestions by anyone who may have had this problem or seen this > same issue in writing? > Thanx, > Frag > > > -- > defrag1720

defrag1720 · 03-03-2008

Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a shot. Just thought I read to keep the XPS active for documents, but I really don't use it.
Frag

03-01-2008	#1 (permalink)
defrag1720 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Vista Ultimate 32bit 12 posts Rep Power: 5	Not A Normal Printer Problem I do not have a printer hooked up or ever loaded onto my laptop and do not plan on doing so. I read that to print to file that the Microsoft XPS Document Writer should remain as the "Printer" even though one is not installed. In the Event Viewer I constantly get "SpoolerWin32SPL" Warnings with an event ID of 4. I checked the cures at Microsoft and they all pertain to having a real printer. I suspect that I could shut down all spooler and print activities but I'm not sure that I might not be affecting something else by doing so. Any suggestions by anyone who may have had this problem or seen this same issue in writing? Thanx, Frag
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03-03-2008	#3 (permalink)
defrag1720 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Vista Ultimate 32bit 12 posts Rep Power: 5	Re: Not A Normal Printer Problem Thanks for the reply. I'll give it a shot. Just thought I read to keep the XPS active for documents, but I really don't use it. Frag
My System Specs

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