Interesting. As I’ve mentioned I install and provide IT support for copiers and printers. Ever since Windows 8 (I believe) Microsoft has been providing built in drivers for these devices, and they use what is called a WSD (Windows Service Daemon) port instead of a typical TCP/IP port.
If you go to install a printer and you see a list of icons representing the discovered printers on the network, NEVER EVER USE THEM! Manufacturers will not support them, and they cause all kinds of issues. ALWAYS select “The device I want isn’t listed” and use the standard TCP/IP method of installing a printer, or better yet the manufacturer probably supplies an executable either downloaded or on a CD ROM. Use that. Of course, that does not help LC devs who are deploying apps to end users who cannot be told what to do. Bob S > On May 3, 2024, at 2:33 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > There was a problem in the past where standalones were LC IDE, LC Instaler > and standalones were crashing on startup. >>> > This is what Panos wrote about it: > We recently fixed a bug (affecting mainly Windows 11) where the LC > installer, the LC IDE and Windows standalones were crashing on startup. It > turned out this was caused if some generic printer drivers were installed > in the device, and installing the official printer drivers from the > vendor's website prevented the crash. We had reports for Brother printers, > Epson and HP if I remember correctly. > > The fix we added did fix the crash, but in some cases caused a delay on > startup, if the device still had the "generic" printer driver installed. > << > > > Maybe there is a regression in some way that LC now does not crash but shows > the messages. > > Could you try the following? > > 1. Open Windows Task Manager > 2. Search for a process named "Spooler Subsystem app" or just "Print > Spooler" > 3. Force quit this process > > If this solves it, then it seems to be a regression in the new LC dp builds. > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > > >> Am 03.05.2024 um 20:16 schrieb Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> I had not searched the forums, but I just did for "Waiting for printer" and >> "printer connections" and neither phrase turned up anything related to the >> dialog that appears on startup (unfortunately). Maybe under another search >> term, but the general term of "printer" returns 38 screens of forum >> messages! Good suggestion though. Thank you. >> >> >> On 5/3/2024 1:43 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: >>> I think this has come up before, but I forget the resolution. Did you >>> search the forums? >>> >>> Bob S >>> >>> >>>> On May 3, 2024, at 10:40 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> When LC 9.6.11 or 9.6.12rc1 starts up OR (more importantly to me) >>>> Standalones build with either of those versions starts up, on Windows 11, >>>> there is a dialog that appear stating "Waiting for printer connections..." >>>> >>>> This dialog may appear on earlier versions - I forget if I had seen it >>>> previously. >>>> >>>> Is there some setting to prevent or hide this dialog? In my standalone >>>> app, I have customers asking what is it and find it "annoying". >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
