Vista - 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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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

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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 Vista Ultimate 32bit 16 posts	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
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#2 (permalink)
Cari \(MS-MVP\) n/a posts	Re: Not A Normal Printer Problem If you're not using the XPS Writer (installed with Office) then disable it. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging www.coribright.com/windows "defrag1720" <defrag1720.35mox0@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:defrag1720.35mox0@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > 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
My System Specs

03-03-2008	#3 (permalink)
defrag1720 Vista Ultimate 32bit 16 posts	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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