constant request for a printer

[milo]

I loaded Publisher on my laptop and every time I open a
document it tells me that no printer is detected. I
know! It's a laptop. I put the files to floppy and print
them at home.

Any idea how to get it to stop asking?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need to install a printer (driver) and set it as the default. Use the
driver for the printer you're going to use at home. It doesn't have to be
physically attached to the computer. Publisher has to know what printer
you're going to be printing on so it knows how to format the publication.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

 

[Milo]

Just moved to an XP PC from w98 and then discovered my
printer is not supported on XP (thanks a lot, Canon...)

So I'm not sure if I CAN load the drivers to please
Publisher. May have to wait til I buy a new printer...

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

JoAnn you are an absolute liar - just go and do some research and you will
see what you said is totally and completely incorrect.

HP are the absolute worst for support of older printer models and fail to
even fix their printer drivers these days.

HP is just outdated badly designed junk that falls apart, that you cannot
buy spares for.

Few outlets will handle HP anymore or the store staff will not sell it
because they have so much trouble and to many returns.

The cost of cartridges for HP is nothing short of extortion.

--

 

[JoAnn Amerson]

My, my, my - someone's knickers are certainly twisted. I have a three year
old HP and I can find XP drivers for it so there - pbbbbbbbbbbbt!

(Geez - he really *IS* rude, isn't he?)

 

[JD Rocke]

Am I correct that you are blasting Hp INJETS? I will agree. However, I beg
to differ when it comes to lasers. Nothing on the market can touch HP here
in the States. They are on sale anywhere, are easy to supply, and come with
great warranties. Also, toner for them is CHEAP compared to Brother, Canon,
Minolta, and Oki Data. They also have the lowest upkeep costs because parts
are SO easy to find.

Perhaps Down Under, where civilisation is finally advacing past primitive,
parts for HP are hard to find. Would you like me to send you a few on the
next Yankee clipper out for Aussieland? ;-)

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

JD Rocker you Yankees are so far behind you still think the world finishes
at the US borders, and you still believe in the flat earth theory.

If you want to talk about quality laser printers, there is only one name
Kyocera. Everything else is second rate, and HP is fifth rate.

If you go and have a look in the real world where real work is done, you
will not find an HP in sight, you will find Kyocera 100%.

JD Rocker do you realise how backward the US is in so many way compared to
other countries. If you compare the US to a countries like Malaysia and
Australia you would be classed as a fifth rate backwater in the take up of
technology in all areas. About time you got off your butt and travelled and
got to see the where the real world is and what they do. The financial and
banking system in the US is an absolute joke. Just look how poor and
backward your education system is compared to Malaysia - yes, you would be
absolutely and totally shocked if you went to Malaysia or Japan and opened
your eyes. Do you think they are taking all your jobs because they are
backward or stupid - wake up America. Maybe you would like to come to
Thailand and India with me next month on my way to the US and get your eyes
opened - open invitation

--

 

[Mike Koewler]

David,

Can you e-mail ASAP?

Mike

 

[Ron Cohen]

I can't ever recall seeing a Kyocera laser. Lexmark seems to dominate the
corporate laser market with the Optra S & T models. They are everywhere. I
even owned an Optra S 1650 which was a pretty good printer, but my HP 5000
blew it away.

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Lexmark lasers have a good reputation here as well, and there is a fair
sprinkling of them around.

Kyocera are HUGE, especially in the super high speed area for printing
telephone bills, electricity bills and in offices with colour lasers.

HP has virtually disappeared from the market place.

The staff in Office Depot point blankly refuse to sell HP anything it is so
troublesome and the come backs a nightmare.
--

 

[JD Rocke]

The only Lexmarks I see are in the departments stores. I don't know why that
would be. I have never heard of Kyocera either. Do they market under any
other brand names?

I am sure it is different outside the US. Whether we are getting better
products from HP than Austrailia, or we are just putting up with trash
because we don't have much else, HP Lasers dominate my area. Office Depot in
my city sells a bunch of them, expecially the SOHO models. I agree, upon
reflection, that HP doesn't have much in the high speed area. One of my
printers uses a Canon NP6xxx. It does a GREAT job. Most of the rest of the
Office Max/Office Depot and other print shops equipment is usually Xerox,
with only a few HPs mixed in.

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Kyocera are one of the major industrial companies of the world, with a range
of equipment that is always on top of the pile for quality, functionality
and design.
www.kyocera.com
You could not in some way, directly or indirectly on a daily basis not come
into contact with a Kyocera product or technology.

From an environmental point Kyocera are among the worlds most environmental
companies including their products. Kyocera printers use the EcoSys
technology. http://usa.kyoceramita.com/KMAGlobalpub/jsp/Kyocera/kmaenv.jsp

HP besides producing poor quality out dated design equipment, HP are among
the top environmental vandals of the world.

For a home or small office laser printer the FS-1010 and the features it
offers and second tray option is an absolute winner. Of course costs a
fraction of the price to operate compared to any other brand, and has EcoSys
technology.

You are just putting up with trash second rate products, as more and more
manufacturers everyday are dropping off products that use imperial size
products.

Xerox has virtually died in the world wide market. I think I am correct in
saying Xerox don't actually produce any of their own equipment anymore.
Xerox equipment is sourced from the Asian/Oceania countries, and is
re-badged.

--

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Lexmark lasers have a good reputation here as well, and there is a fair
sprinkling of them around.

No they haven't. Their reputation is cheap and throwaway.

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________________________________________
Sandi Hardmeier
Microsoft MVP (Internet Explorer and Outlook Express)
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Sandi you could not even look after your kids properly let alone know what
is a good printer.

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