How to Print Offline

[Malcolm Dowers]

I have just/finally upgraded from Win98se to WinXPpro and it would appear
that a very useful feature of the printing system is missing. I used to be
able to set a printer (local and network) to "work offline" so that I could
queue up a load of print jobs and release them later on. However, I can't
find how to do this under XP or whether it is even possible, can anyone help?

Regards
Malcolm Dowers

[Byte]

Start>Control Panel>Printers and Faxes>
rightclick your printer and click "Print online" and
it will switch automatically to Print offline.
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XP-WNP
Today is the first day of the
rest of your life.


"Malcolm Dowers" wrote:

> I have just/finally upgraded from Win98se to WinXPpro and it would appear
> that a very useful feature of the printing system is missing. I used to be
> able to set a printer (local and network) to "work offline" so that I could
> queue up a load of print jobs and release them later on. However, I can't
> find how to do this under XP or whether it is even possible, can anyone help?
>
> Regards
> Malcolm Dowers

[Earl F. Parrish]

"Byte" > wrote in message
...
> Start>Control Panel>Printers and Faxes>
> rightclick your printer and click "Print online" and
> it will switch automatically to Print offline.
> --
> XP-WNP
> Today is the first day of the
> rest of your life.
>
>
> "Malcolm Dowers" wrote:
>
>> I have just/finally upgraded from Win98se to WinXPpro and it
>> would appear
>> that a very useful feature of the printing system is missing. I
>> used to be
>> able to set a printer (local and network) to "work offline" so
>> that I could
>> queue up a load of print jobs and release them later on. However,
>> I can't
>> find how to do this under XP or whether it is even possible, can
>> anyone help?
>>
>> Regards
>> Malcolm Dowers

In my case, the wording is "Use Printer Offline" or "Use Printer
Online" to toggle between the two. The printer icon is grayed out
when it is offline.


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Earl F. Parrish