Printer driver does not install, "operation could not be c..

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Check that the "Printer Spooler" service is started and set to "automatic"

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Dirk Haar" wrote:
| Hi !
|
| Trying to install an old NEC Silentwriter2 S60P to my new system XPSP2
| (via parallel LPT1 the printer installation assistant always fails.
| It's not a problem of the driver itself (HP LJ IIP or NEC S90P will do),
| I'm the admin, ALL Microsoft hints (German and US database) and several
| other newsgroup tips have been tried,
| other printers are (in the meantime) deleted as well as all the software
| and registry entries. There is enough space on the drives, the
| connection to the printer is okay, too (checked by setting it to PCL and
| "copy test.txt lpt1:" ).
| NEC has given up the support for this modell, except the support page
| with hints (saying "install the S90P drivers coming with XP" or an
| alternative e.g. HP, Adobe PS...).
| Has anybody got a new idea ?
| What about manual installation of the HP LJ IIP drivers?
| Which files have to copied to
| %WINDIR%\system32\spool\drivers,
| %WINDIR%\system32\spool\printers and/or
| %WINDIR%\system32\spool\prtprocs
| ?
| Which entries have to be set in the registry in
|
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows
| NT x86
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers und
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monitors
| ?
| Thanks a lot.
|
| Dirk

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Dave Patrick schrieb:
> Check that the "Printer Spooler" service is started and set to "automatic"
>
Hi Dave!
Of course it is, that's one of the possibilities mentioned
in the MS database. None of them helped solving the problem.
Dirk