SlickRCBD wrote:
>I was just viewing a document in Open Office Writer on my old computer
>when I accidentally clicked on the "print" button. I am positive that my
>printer was turned off, yet the document started to print. I quickly
>canceled the print job, but I still wasted half a page.
>
>Is this normal for an HP DeskJet 812C printer under Windows98SE? The
>printer is second-hand and was given to me when an aquantance upgraded
>at a time when my own printer coincidentally broke down.

I seriously doubt that this printer has an auto power on feature. You could try
an experiment, with it powered off what happens when you send a print job?
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging