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Writer 2: Creative Writer Needs a Printer When Started

Article ID: 159428

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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SUMMARY

You must have a printer driver installed on your computer to start Creative Writer 2. If you do not have a printer driver installed in Windows, you receive the following error message when you attempt to start Creative Writer:
Creative Writer Needs A Printer.
Creative Writer 2 installs successfully without a printer, however the program requires a printer to run.

MORE INFORMATION

It is not necessary to have a printer connected to your machine, but you must have a printer driver installed in Windows. To select a printer, do the following:

  1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
  2. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
  3. Using the Add Printer wizard, add a generic local printer such as the Hewlett Packard Series II printer.
  4. Finish the Add Printer wizard.
  5. Start Creative Writer (the error message should no longer appear).

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