Microsoft KB Archive/77735

= Some Printers Give Error 71, &quot;Disk Not Ready,&quot; when Offline =

Article ID: 77735

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5 for MS-DOS
 * Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.0
 * Microsoft Cinemania 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q77735



SUMMARY
Certain printers may return an error 71, &quot;Disk Not Ready,&quot; instead of error 25, &quot;Device Fault,&quot; when they are turned offline in the middle of a print job. This behavior is printer dependent and may need to be handled in addition to the normal printer errors if you wish to trap all possible printer error conditions.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, the Okidata Microline 320 printer will return a &quot;Disk Not Ready&quot; message when it is turned off during a print job. When using this printer, error 71 is an additional error that could be generated by the printer being offline.

Additional query words: QuickBas BasicCom 4.50 7.00 7.10

Keywords: KB77735

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