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“Waiting for printer connection” pop up started coming up a couple of weeks ago and has been causing multiple issues.
Excel and Word randomly do not open, and then when I open the program again it tells me the file is already in use yet nothing is open. Task manager shows nothing open or running. I have to restart my computer each time to use the document or workbook and I sometimes I need to do this more than once before it will decide to randomly work.
I cannot print new documents or workbooks, it becomes unresponsive and then the program has to close. I can only print from saved documents, which o can’t always open!
MYOB cannot print now, I have to save as a pdf and then print. I know MYOB isn’t “Microsoft” but this only started when this pop up started. I have never experienced this issue before.
This is happening on all four computers and started at the exact same time.
I have tried turning off all network sharing connections and still no change.
This is really impacting my day to day operations ans these programs are all I use. It causing a significant loss of time.
Can someone please help?
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That would obviously be a temporary fix. I do not want to use PDF as my default. I want my printer to be. This is a problem that should have been solved by now. Where did this error message come from and when did it start? I don't know, but it's annoying and it seems to only pop up when I want to use My HTML Editor (WYSIWYG) and Adobe.
Yep, exactly my experience - solved it by:
- "Let Windows manage my default printer" OFF
- "Default printer" MICROSOFT PRINT TO PDF
Only Applying
"Let Windows manage my default printer" OFF
got the issue resolved
--thanks
I'll give this a try. It's very odd though because I've not seen the issue in 20 years on any computer.
It is because Bluetooth is turned on.
Most people do not use Bluetooth on a desktop.
Search for Bluetooth and other devices. Click on the result.
You should see Bluetooth turned on (slider switch).
Turn it off and your problem will go away.
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