How can I get Word to stop waiting for the printer all the time?

[Kyle Ritter]

In the last few months, every time that I open or close Word, it waits for a
while and then a box comes up and asks if I want to keep waiting for the
printer. As soon as I click no, everything is okay. I even went as far as
uninstalling my printer, but the problem has not changed. Does anyone know
what I can do? I have Norton Antivirus, Ad-aware, spybot, and Microsoft's
spyware program. They all show that I'm clean. Please help.

 

[Anne Troy]

Hi, Kyle. Go to Tools-->Options, Print tab and check Allow Background
Printing. I think.
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~Anne Troy

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[Kyle Ritter]

That must not be it. It was already checked.

Hi, Kyle. Go to Tools-->Options, Print tab and check Allow Background
Printing. I think.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is the printer a local or network printer? If it's on the network, you need
to install the driver locally. Uninstalling the printer is the *worst* thing
you can do, as Word needs to see a printer driver to know how to format the
document.