On Oct 7, 5:02*pm, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
wrote:
Is the (real) printer in question installed on your own PC or on a network?

It's a "Local printer attached to this computer" connected via a
"Standard TCP/IP Port". Personally, I think such a printer ought to
be called "A network printer, or a printer attached to another
computer", but that's the terminology the "Add Printer Wizard" uses.

If you try and start the Print Spooler, what is the message on the screen?

http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_Nine.htm

I don't currently have access to the computer, however, I'm not really
sure of the applicability of that URL. The printers disappeared
because I *did* disable the Print Spooler. That they reappear when I
reenable it goes without saying. The reason I mentioned it is to
establish that, near as I can tell, the Print Spooler *is* running.