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Gateway shutting down while printing.....

Discussion in 'Earlier Versions of Windows' started by dk, Dec 16, 2001.

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  1. dk

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    My stepmom has a Gateway, and lately during printing the computer seems to shut off, Could I be looking at a possible Power Supply failure, I was thinking that maybe the printer pulls the power supply down enough that it shuts off, I haven't tried to print on any other software, other than Microsoft Home Publishing 2k, so I don't know if it is a software issue or what, if I have posted this in the wrong forum, I apologize.
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    dk, Dec 16, 2001
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  2. evilmrhenry

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    There is a way to print a test page.

    Go to Start, Settings, Printers and choose "Properties" for the printer. Somewhere there should be a button labeled "Print test page".

    Also try plugging the printer into a different outlet to see if that helps.
     
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