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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmden!kehlet!kehlet
  2. From: kehlet@kehlet.adsp.sub.org (Jesper Kehlet)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Tired of "printer not responding" requesters!
  5. Message-ID: <kehlet.05pt@kehlet.adsp.sub.org>
  6. Date: 23 Jul 92 02:09:50 GMT
  7. Organization: Compos Mentis Software Systems
  8. Lines: 58
  9. X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
  10.  
  11. In article <50667@dime.cs.umass.edu> barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) writes:
  12. > 
  13. >     Setup:  HP LaserJet IIP, Amiga 3000T (2.04) and Amiga 1000 (1.3.2).
  14. > "HP Laserjet" printer driver.
  15. > 
  16. >     If I send a text file of more than 3-4 pages to the printer, only
  17. > part of the file is sent at a time.  Thus, the Amiga sits there waiting 
  18. > while the first few pages get printed, then sends more data, sits and waits
  19. > while it is printed, etc.  If it sits long enough, I get system requesters
  20. > saying the printer is not responding or busy.  Clicking on RETRY continues
  21. > printing.
  22. > 
  23. >     My LaserJet has 2.5 MB RAM!!  This should not happen.  Who is
  24. > at fault -- the printer?  The printer driver?  The "copy" program?
  25. > (I use "copy filename to PRT:" for printing.)
  26.  
  27. Normally, you get no real buffering unless you use the printer on its
  28. serial port, but you could try this one to get some speed:
  29.  
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  58. end
  59.  
  60. > Dan Barrett
  61.  
  62. -- 
  63.      Jesper Kehlet, Compos Mentis Software Systems -- A Kind Of Magic
  64.  
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  68.      "Yet another emotional suicide, overdosed on sentiment and pride"
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