Re: Default Printer won't stay put....

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LOL, that's all but admitting their Epson Status Monitor deliberately
changes the default printer. Maybe they should just remove that "feature".

Paul

"ax8man" <ax8man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Here is an update and fix that I rcvd from Epson............
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Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.

If you are running on a peer-to-peer setup, and find that the Epson
printer
driver is setting itself as the default (when you have another printer
currently set as the default), please do the following.

On any client computer:

1. In Windows 2000, go to START, SETTING, PRINTERS.
2. In Windows XP, go to START, CONTROL PANEL, PRINTERS AND OTHER
HARDWARE/PRINTERS & FAXES.
3. Right click Epson printer, left click PRINTING PREFERENCES. Go to the
MAINTENANCE tab.
4. Click SPEED AND PROGRESS.
5. Place a check beside "DISABLE EPSON STATUS MONITOR 3". Click OK, APPLY
(in Windows 2000; APPLY will not be visible in Windows XP), OK.
6. Restart the client computer and test.

If this fails try the following:

1. Go to START, RUN, and type MSCONFIG.
2. Place a check beside SELECTIVE STARTUP. Go to the STARTUP tab.
3. Uncheck any items beginning with "Epson" or "E_s...".
4. Click APPLY, CLOSE, and restart when prompted.

If these steps do not resolve the issue it is likely that the printer
driver
was installed by "mapping" from a shared drive or server location.

To correct this, do the following:

1. In PRINTERS AND FAXES, right click the Epson printer and left click
DELETE.
2. Use the CD or downloaded driver on the client/workstation to reinstall
the driver. At the "CONNECT PRINTER" screen click "STOP SEARCHING."
3. Return to the PRINTERS window. Follow normal printer sharing setup
steps
to add the correct shared port (ie. \\hostcomputername\printersharedname).
4. Disable the Status monitor as described in the above fixes. Restart
when
complete.

Notes:

You must restart for these changes to take effect.


If you require further assistance with this particular issue, please
ensure
all of our previous correspondence is contained in your reply, so we can
better track the history of this issue.

If you have a different issue, please submit another E-form via our
website
(http://www.epson.com), and we will respond in a timely manner. Thank you
again for contacting Epson.



Kent C
Epson Connection

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