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Hi Chris, not had time to try Windows Printer Server yet, but can confirm on trying wfiprn.drv, the LED screen on my HP Envy 5547 displays "printing" so it appears to be connecting by nothing happens. I wrote a simple BASIC loop that simply keeps repeating the LPRINT "HELLO" command to see what happens and the Printer LED just constantly displays "printing" until I stop the program. I'm not a technical person, but it seems to me that the driver is connecting to the Printer, but for some reason the actual printing does not happen. The printer's status report says "Port 9100 enabled" It also says "WiFi Direct Off" .  I have an SD card with a recent beta Next distro which I tried, just to see. On this  the printer displays the printing message continuously with just a single LPRINT statement. I also tried your server software without a printer cable attached and got the message "HP Smart" ..."connecting" but it did not connect. I also changed my default printer to the actual printer name HP Envy ... and got the same result.

Thank you, Chris. I will act on your suggestions as soon as I get the opportunity to sit down with my Next. I have a busy schedule, so probably won't be able to give you an update until late next weekend.

Please could you help?

I have followed the intsructions cafefully on repeated occasions without success.

The best result I have had is my printer screen stating "printing" on its LED screen, but the paper does'nt move and nothing is printed. 

Please could you answer the following questions.

Do you have to .install wifiprn.drv from any specific directory on your SD Card? 

Does wifiprn.drv have to be in a specific directory to work?

Do you have to install wifiprn.drv every time you do a soft reset? 

Do you have to re-install wifiprn.drv after a hard reset set or power off / on.  If not, how do you uninstall it?

Does your video mode frequency have an impact? I'm using VGA mode 4  at 50 Mhz

My wi-fi is definitely working as I can use ZXDB online to download programs.

My printer is an HP Envy 5546 (wi-fi printer) running on my home EE fibre broaband wi-fi network and works with all my other devices.

My router is a BT Smart Hub 2.

The fact that I get through to my printer sometimes suggests to me that I am at least connecting to it.

I assume the driver only works in standard Next mode.

Are there any settings in the Next config menu that could conflict or need to be changed?

I am using the current official Next distro Firmware v1.43, Core v3.01.10

I have a KS1 Spectrum Next.

Thank you

Paul

I really love this game. It's a great example of Jonathan Cauldwell's ability to create something that looks simple, but is at the same time compulsive in play.

It also shares  the creative originality of many of his other programs. 

I have a 48K Spectrum with AY chip, so its a shame I have no sound at all, unlike "Batteries not Precluded" another great JC game, where I get the full "128k" sound track and effects on my set up.

Great simple utilty. Especailly useful if you have lots of mdrs with multiple files on your PC. No longer need to  run emulator load MDR and do a CAT. Also give you better info. Works fine on my Windows 11 PC