>>>>I have a report form in use for a long time, runs fine on folks local printers which are deskjets laserjets etc. A networked HP M5035 MFP is in use now and when the report form prints 3 copies, the 3rd one spits out 20+ pages with gibberish. not sure where to start debugging this prob?
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>>>Sounds like there's not enough internal memory in the printer to handle the amount of data being sent to it. It may be a cable problem where the signal that tells the spooler to stop sending data doesn't work, or that printer doesn't support it.
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>>really, this is a brand new printer, multi function. How much memory is required would you say?
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>I really don't keep up with new printers. Most printers probably have 512MB or more nowadays, but I just don't know. If that signal on the cable is working, you'd need enough to render at least a complete page, which would vary with complexity.

Turns out it has 256 MB memory. But our old local printers had 16MB and they worked.