When logging into WIMS you may receive the following message:

WARNING:  You currently have no printers defined.  WIMS requires a printer to be defined
in order to work properly. You may use the program, however printing/previewing any output
will cause errors and may crash the program."   

Please add a printer using Windows Settings, Printers and Faxes.  Contact your system administrator if you need help installing a printer.

 

WIMS requires a printer driver to be installed as it uses the printer driver information when it outputs reports or graphs to the screen.  Even if you do not have a printer, you should still install a printer driver using the Windows Settings, Printers and Faxes, Add Printer. 

NOTE: The printer defined cannot be a Fax/Fax driver.  It MUST be a printer or a PDF output device. 

Installing a dummy printer in Windows XP (depending on your operating system, the following steps may differ slightly):