USB Printer only works for main user profile

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I have lost the ability to print from the alternative user's profile on my
XP PC.

When pressing "Print" the printer icon appears in the right hand task bar
for a few seconds and then disappears.

I have Share Printer selected on my profile and the name of the printer is
showing on the other profile - but it doesn't seem to 'connect' as I
normally see a preview screen. This isn't appearing.

I can print documents in the "Shared" folder when I am logged on - but the
other user cannot.
 
John said:
I have lost the ability to print from the alternative user's profile on my
XP PC.

When pressing "Print" the printer icon appears in the right hand task bar
for a few seconds and then disappears.

I have Share Printer selected on my profile and the name of the printer is
showing on the other profile - but it doesn't seem to 'connect' as I
normally see a preview screen. This isn't appearing.

I can print documents in the "Shared" folder when I am logged on - but the
other user cannot.
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Looking in Event Viewer - this is what I get reported:

The document Untitled - Notepad owned by Pam's Computer failed to print on
printer EPSON Stylus Photo 830 Series. Data type: NT EMF 1.008. Size of the
spool file in bytes: 912. Number of bytes printed: 0. Total number of pages
in the document: 1. Number of pages printed: 0. Client machine:
\\JOHN-D7FA0F3DD3. Win32 error code returned by the print processor: 5
(0x5).
 
John said:
Looking in Event Viewer - this is what I get reported:

The document Untitled - Notepad owned by Pam's Computer failed to print on
printer EPSON Stylus Photo 830 Series. Data type: NT EMF 1.008. Size of
the spool file in bytes: 912. Number of bytes printed: 0. Total number of
pages in the document: 1. Number of pages printed: 0. Client machine:
\\JOHN-D7FA0F3DD3. Win32 error code returned by the print processor: 5
(0x5).
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Fixed it by turning off spooling
 
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