I have been having this error for years, ever since VFP 6. I have never been able to assoiciate it with anything other that it happens with a non-default printer. All printers are networked through print servers so the printer being off line is not my issue. I ended up inserting a bypass in my framework's error handling so the user just gets a "try again" message. It always works the next time the user tries it.
It will be interesting if anyone comes up with a solution other than a "Try...Catch" work around.

Thanks,
Dennis



>I am receiving error 1958 Unable to load printer driver when the needed printer goes offline for various reasons.
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>The perfect solution would be to check the status of the printer before the app attemps to print and provide a message to the user informing them to contact their network person because the printer is offline. That will make my phone quit ringing because I am not respondible for the printers being available.
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>I have read and tested everything I can find here (UT) and otherwise and it seems there is no reliable solution. Everything I have tried returns codes indicating the printer is available even when it is off or not connected or otherwise. I find it almost impossible to believe that there is no solution.
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>Am I missing the obvious? Does anyone know of a solution?
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>Thanks,
>John