In article <ea0806dc51.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <51dc001746riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Richard Ashbery > <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In article <b4676edb51.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin > > Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [snip] > >> The problem is that "pop-up" !Printers does not set the "File:" > >> connection of the active printer correctly on start up if there > >> is an unavailable USB printer. You can check for that by > >> checking the "Printer control..." list. If it contains a printer > >> with "USB" connection that is displayed as "Unavailable", then > >> that entry stops the active printer (usually a different one!) > >> from being set up correctly on start up. > > An Interesting Oddity -------------------------- > > Is the information presented by the Connections window reliable? > Yes. > > Now after a fresh reboot and with Printers loaded the window > > reports UniPrintFS:192.168.0.2. However Show Printer$Path reports > > null: > > Only when I click the UniPrint icon does Show Printer$Path report > > the path correctly. > Yes, that is precisely the bug I described above. !Printers should > have put the contents of the Connections window into the variable, > but it does not, so printing does not work. Ahh - explanation understood - sorry to be so sloooow :-( > So, do you have any unavailable USB printers in the "Printer > control" list? NB: They are not shown on the icon bar, just in the > list. Yes I do - so these are the culprits. I've deleted all USB printers having an "Unavailable" status. Now AW printing works without error and I no longer have to click the UniPrint icon to force the path to be set - excellent :-)) Thanks Martin for your patience. Richard ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/artworks ------------------------------------------------------------