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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Default Printer switching by itself May 9^th, 2005 at 8:31pm	Print Post
	The heading pretty much explains it. I set the local printer to default, and a few minutes later, it will switch to another printer on the network. Sometimes it's immediate, sometimes it lets my do one print job first. It's XP, running epson C82, and C86 printers, over a wireless network. ??? ???


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Bob_Hansen Senior Member Members Offline WOW, They have the Internet on computers now! Posts: 1861 Location: Salem, NH Joined: Nov 24^th, 2002	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #1 - May 9^th, 2005 at 9:22pm	Print Post
	How are you setting the default? What runs after you set default ? What indication do you get that default has changed? The output comes out on unexpected printer? A popup list does not show correct default? Other? Is anything running Net Use with /persistent=Yes? A good habit for printing is to NEVER use the Print icon on many program toolbars. ALWAYS select File/Print instead whcih usually allows you to see the current printer and allow you to make a selection if it is wrong.

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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #2 - May 10^th, 2005 at 11:58am	Print Post
	Setting default in control panel\printers. The little check mark sits there for a while, then moves itself to the other printer. There are four printers on the network, two parralel cabled dot printers, and two USB Epsons. It's always the Epsons that switch, and only on one machine. The other two seem to hold their defaults fine. "Is anything running Net Use with /persistent=Yes?" yes, QA4 printing requires that little hickup.


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Bob_Hansen Senior Member Members Offline WOW, They have the Internet on computers now! Posts: 1861 Location: Salem, NH Joined: Nov 24^th, 2002	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #3 - May 10^th, 2005 at 1:47pm	Print Post
	I am now thinking that you may be temporarily losing connection to your default printer. When that is no longer available your system will assign a different printer as the default. You are trying to make the "local" printer the default. What is the Port that it is output to? Is the local printer attached directly to LPT1/2 or a COM port? Does this only happen if the local printer is selected as a defalt? What if you add a Generic Text printer and make it the default, does it still switch to the network printer? Have you tried to reinstall the default printer?

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Bob_Hansen Senior Member Members Offline WOW, They have the Internet on computers now! Posts: 1861 Location: Salem, NH Joined: Nov 24^th, 2002	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #4 - May 10^th, 2005 at 1:58pm	Print Post
	Found this page of information: http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/printing.html One section of particular interest is this: Quote: If the default printer is a local printer, then roaming to a different PC (without an identical local printer) will change the default to the next available printer.

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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #5 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:02pm	Print Post
	Sounds like what's happening, but I'm not sure I fully understand it, or how to beat it. ???


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Bob_Hansen Senior Member Members Offline WOW, They have the Internet on computers now! Posts: 1861 Location: Salem, NH Joined: Nov 24^th, 2002	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #6 - May 10^th, 2005 at 9:27pm	Print Post
	I don't have an answer yet, either, but willing to work with you. Still trying to get more info. If using Roaming Profiles, then registry can be edited to have a default printer for the machine vs. the user. Curious if you tried any of the items in my 9:47 posting?

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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #7 - May 11^th, 2005 at 9:07pm	Print Post
	Quote: I am now thinking that you may be temporarily losing connection to your default printer. �When that is no longer available your system will assign a different printer as the default. You are trying to make the "local" printer the default. �What is the Port that it is output to? �Is the local printer attached directly to LPT1/2 or a COM port? The printer I keep losing, is USB, and directly connected. Does this only happen if the local printer is selected as a defalt? � Yes, that's the problem, it keeps selecting a network printer. What if you add a Generic Text printer and make it the default, does it still switch to the network printer? I can put the default to one of our Panasonic dot matrix printers, and there is no switching. Have you tried to reinstall the default printer? Yes, we just did a full system install. but, not since the problem started, I'll try loading a new driver.


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Bob_Hansen Senior Member Members Offline WOW, They have the Internet on computers now! Posts: 1861 Location: Salem, NH Joined: Nov 24^th, 2002	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #8 - May 11^th, 2005 at 10:18pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the feedback. I am thinking that this is sounding more like a USB problem. Have you checked Epson site for issues involving loss of USB connection? Don't limit your search to your models, look at the generic communication issue. I have also seen references about systems coming out of hibernate/sleep mode and losing USB connections, so maybe check Microsoft support also for "loinsg USB connection" issues.

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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #9 - May 12^th, 2005 at 12:29pm	Print Post
	Thanks Bob, I've never liked hibernate/sleep modes, and I have them shut down, we're 'always on' The driver epson has on their site, seems to be the same as we are using, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. The switching has stopped for the moment, we'll see how the day progresses. Thanks


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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #10 - May 12^th, 2005 at 7:35pm	Print Post
	Was good for a couple of print jobs.


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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #11 - May 18^th, 2005 at 2:10pm	Print Post
	Ha Ha Just did a search, and it brought me back here. Stupid friggin printer still driving me nuts. I found it listed twice in MSconfig, got rid of one, but that didn't work either.


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Bob_Hansen Senior Member Members Offline WOW, They have the Internet on computers now! Posts: 1861 Location: Salem, NH Joined: Nov 24^th, 2002	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2005 at 2:57pm	Print Post
	It sounded from your previous message that you might be OK. Again, you have changed to another printer as default and the problem is only happening if the default is a local USB printer, correct? Here is another thought to try: 1. Remove USB devices from the Device Manager. Do not reboot yet. 2. Then remove the USB printer and unplug from the USB port. 3. Now reboot. The system should reinstall the USB devices, maybe repairing a damaged file. 4. Now shut down. 5. Plug in the USB printer and reboot. System should ID the new printer and go through the reinstallation. Does this resolve the problem?

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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #13 - May 18^th, 2005 at 9:43pm	Print Post
	You may have something there, I just had a problem with a USB zip drive on that machine, and I solved it by doing the same thing. (Plus beating up the drive unit ) I'll give it a shot in the morning, it's running backup now.


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Boneyard_Scrounger Junior Member Offline Canadian Government = Elected Dictatorship Posts: 88 Location: Peoples Republic of Kanada Joined: Apr 20^th, 2005	Re: Default Printer switching by itself Reply #14 - May 19^th, 2005 at 3:00pm	Print Post
	Frustration sets in again. Still no go. I'm going to look in the config files of the other computers and see if there is anything there.


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