Microsoft KB Archive/44809

Mac Works Error: No Printer Installed

PSS ID Number: Q44809 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

1.1 2.0 3.0 4.0

MACINTOSH

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When you try to print from Works, the following message may appear:

Error Printing File. There is no printer installed. Use the Chooser and Control Panel desk accessories to install a printer.

This error message is misleading. The situation arises from not enough disk space being available on the startup disk for the system to process the print job. Typically, this happens when operating a Macintosh with 1 megabyte (MB) of RAM and two floppy disk drives. Additionally, this error will occur when using an ImageWriter, not a Laser printer.

The amount of disk space needed on the startup disk should be at least the same as the amount of disk space taken by the file you need to print.

For example, if a file is 20K, the system requires that there be at least 20K of space available on the startup disk. If enough files are removed from the startup disk so that at least 20K is left available on the startup disk, the print job can be processed correctly.

KBCategory: kbprint kberrmsg KBSubcategory: macworkskb

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Keywords : kberrmsg kbprint Version : 1.1 2.0 3.0 4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.