correct way to change printers

On Nov 20, 2003, at 4:11 PM, betty wrote:

> after being so proud of getting the hp photoprinter to work in
> openoffice, i recently unplugged it from the parallel port, plugged
> in the laser printer, selected laser printer as the default, printed
> some stuff. then when i plugged the color printer back in and re
> selected it as default, it will print a test page from OO but not a
> file. i have tried what i think is everything, but obviously that is
> not the answer.
> anyone have any experience with the gui and changing printers? maybe
> there is a specific order i should have followed in the
> unplugging/plugging default sequence.
> thanks in advance

I have an Epson that behaves weirdly like that whenever you disturb it
by doing something like changing an ink cartridge. The ritual that
cures it goes like this:

1) Power down the printer
2) Log out all users
3) Log back in as anyone
4) Power up the printer

I have no clear idea why that works or even how I discovered that it
works, but it never fails. I hope it works for you.