Hugh,
"my user doesn't know DPI from a DIP switch."
lol
If other apps aren't having problems with the printer, I would suspect Works.
So, assuming it's Works that is the problem, I did quite a lot of searching with little success, but found the
following patch for Works 4.0 by entering:
"No default printer is selected" (without quotes) at google.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/19035
You'll have to read further than I did, but it may also work with Works 4.5 - here's an excerpt:
Product Description:
When you try to print from Works 4.0, you may receive the following error message:
No Default Printer Selected.
Use the Windows Control Panel to specify your printer.
You may receive this error even though you have a default printer selected in Windows 95.
This problem may occur with the Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet 5L Printer, Canon LPB-460, or with other printers
using the Windows Printing System.
Editor's Notes:
This patch also works in XP for the Epson C82 printer.
Al Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:52 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Works-No default printer
> Computer is 2 year old Compaq P3 wwith 98SE, 128 RAM, all updates
> Printer is HP 3600 Deskjet, USB.
> This printer apparently worked fine for a while, then Works 4.5 began giving
> a "No default printer is selected" error, even though a printer clearly was
> selected. Label printing in Word was "greyed out" at times. The printer
> works fine if the default printer is re-selected, but loses this setting if
> the computer is re-booted.
> I have: Deleted 2 older printers, updated the OS and printer driver,
> installed Office XP and reinstalled the OS (Compaq Restore Disc) and the
> problem continues. One MS KB article suggested the printing DPI for graphics
> was set too high, but this doesn't seem to be the case, and my user doesn't
> know DPI from a DIP switch.
> I've spent too much of my time and their money chasing this problem, and I'm
> hoping someone has an idea.
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