On vista I've seen some programs send a blank print job to a rip -- I'm not sure if it was a temp or spool file filling up or some other reason. I can't recall this ever happening to a non-rip epson though where the printjob is usually spooled in the computer (workstation you're printing from) and sent to the printer all processed by the host computer...
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