how not to check for printer

[John Smith]

I have Word 2003. When I launch Word, it'll check for printer and
display a window saying printer not found and ask me whether it
should keep looking for a printer.

How do I disable such function? Thanks.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have Word 2003. When I launch Word, it'll check for printer and
display a window saying printer not found and ask me whether it
should keep looking for a printer.

How do I disable such function? Thanks.

You cannot. Word must have access to some printer driver (if not the physical
printer) in order to function at all. Make sure you have some printer selected
in Windows as the default printer before starting Word. It doesn't matter
whether the printer is actually present.

Note that using the "Generic / Text Only" printer driver will cause Word to show
you only a few fonts (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NoFonts.htm).