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>We use an "organically" grown manufacturing/admin foxpro 2.6 program that runs in a DOS windows under WIN 95.
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>We print to local printers or a nerwork printers either directly with hardcoded lines (set printer on; @ say....) or wia REPORT FORM (without any printer driver selected).
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>In all cases it takes a looong time before the printing starts. I take it that there is a signal missing that would tell Windows that it is OK to start printing and that Windows instead waits for a time-out signal of some sort.
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>Any ideas how to speed this up?
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>Thank you in advance.
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>Gunnar Ennerfelt