Re: [Thinkpad] Epson 5400CX INSISTS on being default printer

I like the printer, and I also have 3200CX and 5200CX printers which do not
exhibit this behavior! It is for sure some problem in the Epson software,
but why does it insist on being the default printer?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Bayles" <canyonlands@gmail.com>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: "Peter Seebach" <seebs@plethora.net>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Epson 5400CX INSISTS on being default printer

> This is usually a software problem. This is becoming a bigger problem
> now that Dell is selling it as an alternative printer.
> It doesn't seem to like other Epson drivers. So maybe it also
> conflicts with other drivers. We have to totally uninstall the Epson
> drivers, then reinstall using the download set from the Epson site.
> Then reinstall the other drivers, being sure to set the CX5400 as the
> default.
> Epson has a lot of trouble with this printer as you can see from their
> info at the Epson site. But they will talk to you. They send one of
> my clients a new one and let him keep the old one. Give the tech
> support guys at Epson a call if the suggestion above doesn't work.
>
> It may be a general problem with psc printers, as I have seen it with
> HP and Lexmark all-in-ones as well.
>
> Ray Bayles
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:25:06 -0400, Bruce Markowitz
> <scosgt@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > I picked up an Epson 5400CX standalone all in one unit. It is installed
on a
> > 600E in another room, and networked.
> > When I installed it on my X22, it insists on being the default printer.
No
> > matter how many times I change it back to the HP 6L, which is on a
> > printserver, it just goes defauts back to the Epson after a re-boot,
> > I finally uninstalled the Epson.
> > I took all the resident status monitor things out of startup, but it
would
> > still run the monitor anyway (until I uninstalled).
> > Anyone know a registry tweak to stop this behavior?
> > I don't want the Epson as the default printer because it is not on all
the
> > time, and the HP is and I use it for envelopes and labels (on a stand
alone
> > print server).
> >
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