Try the following...

1. Make sure you default printer set.
2. From Control Panel->Printer, uncheck "Set as Default Printe" and check it back again.
3. See in your code if you are doing SET PRINTER TO to any specific printer before calling SET PRINTER ON...


>Hi All,
>
>One of my client is using FoxPro2.6 (DOS) based application. This application at the time of statup checks for the printer status. The application is working fine with all workstations. Recently we changed few workstations with new faster ones. On one workstation I am getting "Printer not ready" error while running appication. That machine prints fine from other windows based application.
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>When I issue
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>set printer on
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>command from foxpro, I am getting the same "Printer not ready" error.
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>I then tried printing from DOS prompt using "DIR>PRN" command, it does prints. And then I will not get the error when I run the application afterwards.
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>Will someone please help me with this weird problem.
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>Thanks in advance.
>
>Pramod