Event 45 with Laserjet 5

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disable EMF printing which will force GDI rendering on the client machines
rather than the server.

Printer Properties / Advanced / uncheck Enable advanced printing features.

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"Andy1974" <Andy1974@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Now for on the second computer we are having problems with a laserjet 5
> driver for a networked laserjet 5 printer. We are getting Event ID 45
> "Document failed to print due to GDI/Driver error in rendering" errors. I
> initially was usinga native xp laserjet 5 driver and then downloaded and
> installed a hp updated laserjet 5 driver and the same problems occured.
We
> get a spool error that basically crashes the machine and we have to reboot
> the xp box to get printing to work again. There are two or three other
> printers installed that never give the same hassles at all. We finally
> removed the laserjet 5 driver and everything has been fine. How do I get
> this driver to work with xp? This is the second computer that has
displayed
> this behavior. The laserjet does have a jetdirect card.