Microsoft KB Archive/59568

Doesn’t Prompt to Insert Paper

PSS ID Number: Q59568 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

In Word version 5.00, the “Enter ‘Y’ after inserting paper” message will not appear when printing with the Print Options “paper feed:” field set to Manual if either of the following conditions is true:


 * 1) The Print Options “queued:” field is set to Yes.
 * 2) The printer driver uses a control sequence to achieve manual feed. In this case, a manual feed prompt is not necessary from Word because the printer will prompt for each piece of paper. Most laser printers use this method.

In Word version 5.50, the “Insert a sheet of paper in the printer” message will not appear when printing with the File Printer Setup “Paper Feed:” field set to Manual if either of the following conditions is true:


 * 1) The File Printer Setup “Use Print Queue” option is activated.
 * 2) The printer driver uses a control sequence to achieve manual feed. In this case, a manual feed prompt is not necessary from Word because the printer will prompt for each piece of paper. Most laser printers use this method.

Word may return the error message “Printer not ready” (version 5.00) or “The printer is not ready” (version 5.50) while the printer is waiting for the paper to be fed. This may be prevented by issuing the DOS MODE command using the infinite retry parameter prior to entering Word. For example, with a parallel printer, type the following:

MODE LPTx:,,P

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