Vista - Printer woes.

dazedncunfoosed · 10-20-2008

Starting Sunday I started getting these two messages while trying to print: from Acrobat 9 "Unable to start print job. Is printer available?" and from Firefox "Printer Error. An unknown error occurred while printing." I thought it was my printer giving up the ghost so I bought a new one today and yes it is installed and recognized by Vista, etc.

From Event Viewer:
The print spooler failed to verify printer driver package HP Photosmart C4200 series for environment Windows NT x86. Win32 system error code 2 (0x2). This can occur after an operating system upgrade or because of data loss on the hard drive. The print spooler will try to regenerate the driver information from the driver store, which is where drivers are saved before they are installed. No user action is required.

- System

- Provider

[ Name] Print

- EventID 73

[ Qualifiers] 49152

Level 3

Task 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2008-10-20T22:13:18.000Z

EventRecordID 55996

Channel System

Computer MyToy-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18

- EventData

HP Photosmart C4200 series

Windows NT x86

2 (0x2)

Could this be mobo related or driver related?

10-21-2008

Try going to ctrl panel>printer and verify that the exact printer icon is
selected and is configure properly or else you might need to reinstall the
printer driver again

"dazedncunfoosed" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Starting Sunday I started getting these two messages while trying to
> print: from Acrobat 9 "Unable to start print job. Is printer available?"
> and from Firefox "Printer Error. An unknown error occurred while
> printing." I thought it was my printer giving up the ghost so I bought a
> new one today and yes it is installed and recognized by Vista, etc.
>
> From Event Viewer:
> The print spooler failed to verify printer driver package HP Photosmart
> C4200 series for environment Windows NT x86. Win32 system error code 2
> (0x2). This can occur after an operating system upgrade or because of
> data loss on the hard drive. The print spooler will try to regenerate
> the driver information from the driver store, which is where drivers are
> saved before they are installed. No user action is required.
>
> *-* *System*
>
> *-* *Provider*
>
>
> [ *Name*] Print
>
>
> *-* *EventID* 73
>
>
> [ *Qualifiers*] 49152
>
>
>
> *Level* 3
>
>
> *Task* 0
>
>
> *Keywords* 0x80000000000000
>
> *-* *TimeCreated*
>
>
> [ *SystemTime*] 2008-10-20T22:13:18.000Z
>
>
>
> *EventRecordID* 55996
>
>
> *Channel* System
>
>
> *Computer* MyToy-PC
>
> *-* *Security*
>
>
> [ *UserID*] S-1-5-18
>
> *-* *EventData*
>
>
> HP Photosmart C4200 series
>
>
> Windows NT x86
>
>
> 2 (0x2)
>
> Could this be mobo related or driver related?
>
>
> --
> dazedncunfoosed
>

10-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
dazedncunfoosed Vista Business 32 1 posts	Printer woes. Starting Sunday I started getting these two messages while trying to print: from Acrobat 9 "Unable to start print job. Is printer available?" and from Firefox "Printer Error. An unknown error occurred while printing." I thought it was my printer giving up the ghost so I bought a new one today and yes it is installed and recognized by Vista, etc. From Event Viewer: The print spooler failed to verify printer driver package HP Photosmart C4200 series for environment Windows NT x86. Win32 system error code 2 (0x2). This can occur after an operating system upgrade or because of data loss on the hard drive. The print spooler will try to regenerate the driver information from the driver store, which is where drivers are saved before they are installed. No user action is required. - System - Provider [ Name] Print - EventID 73 [ Qualifiers] 49152 Level 3 Task 0 Keywords 0x80000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2008-10-20T22:13:18.000Z EventRecordID 55996 Channel System Computer MyToy-PC - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18 - EventData HP Photosmart C4200 series Windows NT x86 2 (0x2) Could this be mobo related or driver related?
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10-21-2008	#2 (permalink)
Daniel (MVP Window Desktop Experience) n/a posts	RE: Printer woes. Try going to ctrl panel>printer and verify that the exact printer icon is selected and is configure properly or else you might need to reinstall the printer driver again "dazedncunfoosed" wrote: Quote: > > Starting Sunday I started getting these two messages while trying to > print: from Acrobat 9 "Unable to start print job. Is printer available?" > and from Firefox "Printer Error. An unknown error occurred while > printing." I thought it was my printer giving up the ghost so I bought a > new one today and yes it is installed and recognized by Vista, etc. > > From Event Viewer: > The print spooler failed to verify printer driver package HP Photosmart > C4200 series for environment Windows NT x86. Win32 system error code 2 > (0x2). This can occur after an operating system upgrade or because of > data loss on the hard drive. The print spooler will try to regenerate > the driver information from the driver store, which is where drivers are > saved before they are installed. No user action is required. > > - System > > - Provider > > > [ Name] Print > > > - EventID 73 > > > [ Qualifiers] 49152 > > > > Level 3 > > > Task 0 > > > Keywords 0x80000000000000 > > - TimeCreated > > > [ SystemTime] 2008-10-20T22:13:18.000Z > > > > EventRecordID 55996 > > > Channel System > > > Computer MyToy-PC > > - Security > > > [ UserID] S-1-5-18 > > - EventData > > > HP Photosmart C4200 series > > > Windows NT x86 > > > 2 (0x2) > > Could this be mobo related or driver related? > > > -- > dazedncunfoosed >
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