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- OSPRPOLL - HOW TO DISABLE POLLING IN OS/2 WARP FOR PRINTING
- 10/21/94
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- HOW TO DISABLE POLLING IN OS/2 WARP FOR PRINTING
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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- OS/2 WARP Defaults to Polling for printing, rather than using IRQ
- settings as in OS/2 2.1, 2.11 and OS/2 for Windows.
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- SYMPTOMS:
- 1. Printing slower than in OS/2 2.1, 2.11 or OS/2 for Windows.
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- 2. Printing interrupted by other processes, when multi-tasking.
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- 3. Printing uses excessive CPU resources, shown in the pulse
- utility.
- NOTE: This may occur in non-microchannel machines.
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- RESOLUTION:
- To change printing to IRQ 7 for LPT1 and IRQ 5 for LPT2 a
- flag, / (forward slash) is added to the CONFIG.SYS to
- disable the Polling method.
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- PROCEDURE:
- With a text editor, modify the CONFIG.SYS, type:
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- BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS /IRQ
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- This disables polling and enables IRQ7 for LPT1 and
- IRQ5 for LPT2.
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