Cannot access a Publisher doc without my printserver being on

[Joan N.]

I can start up my Publisher program but cannot access a doc, either new
template or an active one, without having my print server turned on. As
publisher boots up, it looks for the print server and if it doesn't see it
across my wireless lan, it gives me a msg that it can't find it. It brings
up Publisher and when I open a doc, I get a Microsoft error and the program
shuts down and starts a loop of opening, producing the err msg, & shutting
down. I have Office 2007 and it doesn't happen with Word or Excel or Outlook.
I can't find this problem listed anywhere in the help files online.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Can you not install a driver in your local print folder? If nothing else install
the Imagesetter or the Generic Color printer.

 

[Joan N.]

The driver in my local print folder points to my HP printer which is
connected to a print server. My laptop connects wirelessly to the print
server. It's my default (& only) defined printer. It all works fine as long
as I'm home and the server is on. It does not allow me to take my laptop
elsewhere and use Publisher. What's Imagesetter? Generic Color printer?
Would either of these be dummy printer files to trick publisher into pointing
to them instead of searching for the server connection?

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

I think I would try to install another HP printer driver on the laptop but
make it a local printer...I've not tried this but I think it would work.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





| The driver in my local print folder points to my HP printer which is
| connected to a print server. My laptop connects wirelessly to the print
| server. It's my default (& only) defined printer. It all works fine as
long
| as I'm home and the server is on. It does not allow me to take my laptop
| elsewhere and use Publisher. What's Imagesetter? Generic Color printer?
| Would either of these be dummy printer files to trick publisher into
pointing
| to them instead of searching for the server connection?
| --
| Joan N.
|
|
| "Mary Sauer" wrote:
|
| > Can you not install a driver in your local print folder? If nothing else
install
| > the Imagesetter or the Generic Color printer.
| >
| > --
| > Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
| > http://office.microsoft.com/
| > http://msauer.mvps.org/
| > news://msnews.microsoft.com
| >
| > | > >I can start up my Publisher program but cannot access a doc, either new
| > > template or an active one, without having my print server turned on.
As
| > > publisher boots up, it looks for the print server and if it doesn't
see it
| > > across my wireless lan, it gives me a msg that it can't find it. It
brings
| > > up Publisher and when I open a doc, I get a Microsoft error and the
program
| > > shuts down and starts a loop of opening, producing the err msg, &
shutting
| > > down. I have Office 2007 and it doesn't happen with Word or Excel or
Outlook.
| > > I can't find this problem listed anywhere in the help files online.
| > > --
| > > Joan N.
| >
| >
| >