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| (...) Things to check: Are there any error conditions on the printer or the workstation? Can she print a printer test page? The method for doing this varies with which specific printer it is. I could tell you more specifics if I knew which model. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Hi James! Thanks for your response. (...) Yes. The message goes like this: "Error found while printing document to (printer name). Do you want to retry or cancel?" That was from an attempt to print from M$ Word. (...) Yes. The test page comes out (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Dang, now I'm sucked into this one, too. Is the printer directly connected to her computer or is it printing over the network (which exponentially increases finding the problem)? Since the printer seems to be physically working (plugged in, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Thanks for your repsonse. (...) Sorry :-) (...) It's on a network. (...) She's tried several documents. I'm guessing they're of varying size. (...) I think so. She'll only get out part of page 1 and then it hangs. (...) Yes, we'll try that. thanks, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Yup, do that. Also try the notepad trick I suggested. If that works, then I would lay odds that the problem is with MS Office; I've noticed that from time to time. Also, (and I should have suggested this right off), check all the cable (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Thanks! Also, thanks from my wife too! I'm not sure if she has it working yet, but she'll get there. -TJ (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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