Writer 2: Creative Writer Needs a Printer When Started

Article ID
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159428
Last Review
:
January 19, 2007
Revision
:
3.1
This article was previously published under Q159428

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).

APPLIES TO

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Microsoft Creative Writer 2.0 Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows 95
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Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition