Microsoft KB Archive/244920

= USB Printer Does Not Resume Printing After Ejecting Laptop Computer =

Article ID: 244920

Article Last Modified on 3/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q244920



SYMPTOMS
If you submit a large print job to a locally connected Universal Serial Bus (USB) printer on a laptop computer in a docking station or port replicator, and you then eject the laptop computer by clicking Eject PC on the Start menu while the print job is spooling, the print job does not resume automatically and new jobs are not printed after the laptop is removed and reinserted.



CAUSE
USB printers are "hot swappable." Because the replicator or docking station is typically part of the system bus, hot swapping in this case does not reconnect and resume printing to the printer



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, stop and restart the spooler, or reboot the computer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbprint kbprb KB244920

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