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New HP Laser printer goes amuck
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09/11/2007 14:08:46
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01267999
Message ID:
01268067
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>>>>>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.
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>Turns out it has 256 MB memory. But our old local printers had 16MB and they worked.

If the old printer was doing 150dpi and the new one is doing 1200dpi, along with other overhead in the printer, that may not be enough. Try a lower default resolution and see if it works.
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP

foxcentral.net
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