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| 2784.1 | | COOKIE::FROEHLIN | Let's RAID the Internet! | Thu Feb 06 1997 18:32 | 11 |
| Try without the printer switch. Is this a parallel or serial line
switch box?
Make sure that the printer emulation modes match the capability of
the driver(s). Do you switch drivers between the 2 printers? How do
you print...from DOS PRINT?
If you would have only changed the anti-virus program I bet that you
would not have this problem ;-).
Guenther
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| 2784.2 | Try, try again... | NQOS01::ohf1003_port13.ohf.dec.com::werner | | Fri Feb 07 1997 08:37 | 13 |
| I doubt that the Norton Anti-Virus had anything to do with your problem. I would
recommend that you take the time to remove both printers and reinstall them, one at a
time with the switch in the proper positions. Let the install process go all the way
through to the print test page stage to be sure. The other potential issue has to do with
the settings for the printer port. Some printers require bi-directional support on the
parallel port and some do not. Some switches support that and some do not. I had to
abandon efforts to use an older Digital printer switch some time back and go buy a more
modern switch to use in sharing access to one printer between two systems (similar to you
issue in the switching sense), because of that issue.
Just MHO
Norm
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| 2784.3 | reformatted for 80 cols | POMPY::LESLIE | Andy Leslie, DEC man walking... | Fri Feb 07 1997 09:04 | 24 |
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I doubt that the Norton Anti-Virus had anything to do with your
problem. I would recommend that you take the time to remove both
printers and reinstall them, one at a time with the switch in the
proper positions. Let the install process go all the way through to
the print test page stage to be sure. The other potential issue has to
do with the settings for the printer port. Some printers require
bi-directional support on the parallel port and some do not. Some
switches support that and some do not. I had to abandon efforts to use
an older Digital printer switch some time back and go buy a more
modern switch to use in sharing access to one printer between two
systems (similar to you issue in the switching sense), because of that
issue.
Just MHO
Norm
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| 2784.4 | Similar problem | WRKSYS::DEROSA | cache and carry | Fri Feb 07 1997 13:08 | 23 |
| Note 2817.2 Problem with DECcolorwriter
2 of 2
WRKSYS::DEROSA "The Big Tuna is Dolphin-Free" 16 lines
2-DEC-1996 15:30
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re .1
>Did you check to see if the parallel port was configured the same
on
>the Pentium as on the 486 (bidirectional, EPP, etc.)
PC
This rings a bell....! At the time I did not know what it meant,
but I recall the only difference between his port config and mine was
his was: LPT1:<(EPC)printer port> and mine was just LPT1:<printer
port>. (i *think* it was EPC or something like it.) This may be the
problem. I should be able to change LPT1 to normal in the Bios setup.
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| 2784.5 | Problem Solved I hope | CPCOD::CODY | | Fri Feb 07 1997 14:33 | 14 |
| Someone in the IBMPC notes conference suggested I change the bios
setting for the parallel port. I did that, changing it from AT to ECP(I
think). This has appeared to solve the problem. I say appears because
it was an intermittent problem but was getting worse. I was able to
run the payroll for a small business yesterday and print the pay
vouchers. In answer to some of the questions, I did remove it from
the switch, I print from Win95 and yes the only things that were
changed were software related. What I believe happened was that one of
the Microsoft files dealing with printing was corrupted and by
re-setting the bios I overlaid the bad file(s).
Thanks for your suggestions.
PJ
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| 2784.6 | | CPCOD::CODY | | Mon Feb 17 1997 13:52 | 5 |
| I solved the problem by replacing the manual switch with an automatic
switch and replacing the cables.
PJ
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