Printing to (home) network printer causes crash

Posted: 07-24-2004, 09:28 PM
I have a home network consisting of a desktop PC and a
laptop, connected wirelessly via 802.11b. I have no
problems opening/saving files to or from either computer.

My physical printer, a Minolta Magicolor 2350EN, is
connected to the desktop. I'm able to install it on the
laptop using the "Add New Printer" wizard; it copied
the .INF file and whatever else it needed.

But whenever I select this printer in the print dialog of
any program, that program crashes and "needs to close."
I don't get as far as printing; just selecting it in the
drop-down causes the crash.

When I right-click on this printer and select Properties,
I get the following error dialog:
-------------
Function address 0x500055ee caused a protection fault.
(exception code 0x0000005) Some or all property page(s)
may not be displayed.
-------------
Then nothing happens. Printer properties don't open,
nothing.

I've removed & reinstalled many times now, and tried
printing from a number of programs, including Word,
Excel, and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) among others -- all of
them crash when I select this printer.

The desktop PC prints to the printer with no problem.

Any suggestions or guidance will be most appreciated.
Thank you!
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Mary Sauer
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Re: Printing to (home) network printer causes crash
Posted: 07-25-2004, 12:32 PM
Do you have the latest drivers from Minolta? There are utilities too.
http://www.qms.com/support/current_p...up.htm#drivers

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"Brett" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a home network consisting of a desktop PC and a
> laptop, connected wirelessly via 802.11b. I have no
> problems opening/saving files to or from either computer.
>
> My physical printer, a Minolta Magicolor 2350EN, is
> connected to the desktop. I'm able to install it on the
> laptop using the "Add New Printer" wizard; it copied
> the .INF file and whatever else it needed.
>
> But whenever I select this printer in the print dialog of
> any program, that program crashes and "needs to close."
> I don't get as far as printing; just selecting it in the
> drop-down causes the crash.
>
> When I right-click on this printer and select Properties,
> I get the following error dialog:
> -------------
> Function address 0x500055ee caused a protection fault.
> (exception code 0x0000005) Some or all property page(s)
> may not be displayed.
> -------------
> Then nothing happens. Printer properties don't open,
> nothing.
>
> I've removed & reinstalled many times now, and tried
> printing from a number of programs, including Word,
> Excel, and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) among others -- all of
> them crash when I select this printer.
>
> The desktop PC prints to the printer with no problem.
>
> Any suggestions or guidance will be most appreciated.
> Thank you!

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Alan Morris\(MSFT\)
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Re: Printing to (home) network printer causes crash
Posted: 07-26-2004, 10:48 PM
The driver is causing memory corruption in the application.

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"Mary Sauer" <gsauer@mycolumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Do you have the latest drivers from Minolta? There are utilities too.
> http://www.qms.com/support/current_p...up.htm#drivers
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MS MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
> "Brett" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:368d01c471bc$c88f4780$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > I have a home network consisting of a desktop PC and a
> > laptop, connected wirelessly via 802.11b. I have no
> > problems opening/saving files to or from either computer.
> >
> > My physical printer, a Minolta Magicolor 2350EN, is
> > connected to the desktop. I'm able to install it on the
> > laptop using the "Add New Printer" wizard; it copied
> > the .INF file and whatever else it needed.
> >
> > But whenever I select this printer in the print dialog of
> > any program, that program crashes and "needs to close."
> > I don't get as far as printing; just selecting it in the
> > drop-down causes the crash.
> >
> > When I right-click on this printer and select Properties,
> > I get the following error dialog:
> > -------------
> > Function address 0x500055ee caused a protection fault.
> > (exception code 0x0000005) Some or all property page(s)
> > may not be displayed.
> > -------------
> > Then nothing happens. Printer properties don't open,
> > nothing.
> >
> > I've removed & reinstalled many times now, and tried
> > printing from a number of programs, including Word,
> > Excel, and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) among others -- all of
> > them crash when I select this printer.
> >
> > The desktop PC prints to the printer with no problem.
> >
> > Any suggestions or guidance will be most appreciated.
> > Thank you!
>
>

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