Re: Phantom printer removal

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> "BP" <replytoall@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:kZ6dnchnBLJMTyveRVn-qQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | I've got a printer connected to a W98SE machine that is shared on a
> SOHO
> | network with my XP-Home-SP2 machine. Because the W98 driver will not
> work
> | with XP, as instructed by the printer manufacturer, I installed an
> XP driver
> | for the printer on the XP machine. Everything works, but now I have
> the
> | printer listed twice on my printers list. Once as the share, and
> once as the
> | printer name which is grayed out (obviously). I want to rename the
> gray
> | printer "X-Printer" so it will reside at the bottom of the list so
> others do
> | not select it, but can't (there is no printer connected). Right now
> it is at
> | the top of the list when printers are selected from apps.
> | How can I edit this name?
> | Can I delete the printer name from the list without deleting the
> driver?
> |

"Mungo Bulge" <NO.SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uu$7rP9DGHA.3904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Control Panel -> Printers and Faxes -> right click the printer you
> don't want and delete it.
>
Can I delete the printer from the list without deleting the driver?


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