Some Printers Give Error 71, "Disk Not Ready," when Offline (77735)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5
  • Microsoft Basic Professional Development System for MS-DOS 7.0
  • Microsoft Cinemania for Windows 1993 edition
This article was previously published under Q77735

SUMMARY

Certain printers may return an error 71, "Disk Not Ready," instead of error 25, "Device Fault," when they are turned offline in the middle of a print job. This behavior is printer dependent and may need to be handled in addition to the normal printer errors if you wish to trap all possible printer error conditions.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, the Okidata Microline 320 printer will return a "Disk Not Ready" message when it is turned off during a print job. When using this printer, error 71 is an additional error that could be generated by the printer being offline.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:KB77735
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