Re: [Thinkpad] Win98 on 600X won't print SOLVED (but a question . . .)

From: Vicky Lamburn <victoria_at_sunshinesista.fsworld.co.uk>
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 15:05:40 EDT

Hiya,

> OK here we go; somehow during the upgrade from Win98 to 98SE all the printer objects got reset
> to UsePrinterOffline (whatever that means). I had to uncheck that and also disable the spooler.
> Now everything seems to be working. Thanks for all help. Any explanation about 'offline'
> appreciated.

Probably a hang up from the days when power on for a printer was not
all, it also had to be 'online', usually a button was pressed to toggle
this between offline/online.

Most certainly was the case for the Star LC10 9pin dot matrix I had with
my Amiga 500 back in the day. (1987)

Vicky

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