Did you try a System Restore to four days ago?
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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"lozan365" wrote in message
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Every time I open Word the default printer has "disappeared". I get an
error
message saying the printer has not responded and asking whether I want to
wait. This makes printing very, very difficult. Does anyone have a
solution.

I am using Vista Home edition, Office 2003 and the printer is an Epson
D78.
I have installed the new driver for the D78 and Vista. I have uninstalled
and
re-installed Word and the printer, but all to no avail.

Everything worked fine until about 3 days ago.
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lozan365