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From: jlr1801@aim1.tamu.edu (Jeff Rife)
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Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 and HP LaserJet IIP
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Date: 20 Mar 91 03:36:45 GMT
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In article <13581@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> grit@purcell.CS.ColoState.Edu (Dale Grit) writes:
>I can't get Windows 3.0 to talk to my HP LaserJet IIP.
>
>I am running Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode.  
>The printer installation and configuration appeared to be trivial.
>All setup screens seem to be correct.
>
>But, when I try to print (eg. from Write or FileManager), I get:
>   Printer Error:
>   Cannot Print:  An error has occurred while printing --
>   make sure the printer is properly configured and selected.
>
>Windows also won't let me print to a file.
>
>I have no trouble using the DOS print command or with printing from
>WordPerfect.
>
>Dale Grit  grit@cs.colostate.edu

How about this...

Is the TEMP environment variable pointing to a directory that exists?  If
the variable has a non-null value, but it is not a legal directory, Windows
printing attempts crap out with just that error, not something intelligent
like "Cannot open temporary spool file."

I was bit by this one once, and had NO IDEA FOR DAYS, and just tried clearing
AUTOEXEC, CONFIG.SYS, etc. out of desperation.

But it does prove that Microsoft has infringed on the Mac operating system, as
this error seems quite similar to the infamous [BOMB PICTURE] ID=whatever that
the Mac experiences.

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