Printing Multiple Documents in XP

[Guest]

I am trying to print multiple documents in XP. I have created a shortcut to
the printer on the desktop, and then I select several documents and drag-drop
them onto the printer shortcut. It asks me to confirm that I am printing
multiple documents, and I respond affirmatively, but nothing happens. I have
checked the printer driver, and this does not seem to be the issue. I did
note that if I drag and drop the documents they do not appear in the printer
queue, and when I drop the documents on the printer shortcut, no "printer"
icon shows up in the tray.

Thanks in Advance,

Michael

 

[Guest]

Is the power of the printer turned on?

 

[Chuck]

Are the documents from the same application, such as word?
Remember that usually the application must open the document and prepare it
to be sent to the printing spooler/system, and the printer driver. The
usual path goes something like application> Windows GDI, print spooler,
print driver, print spooler>Printer..
(Each document gets stored or spooled several times in different formats
during the process.