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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: 2.1 beta: Stuck Printer
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.050323.5367@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan12.040347.9111@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:03:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan12.040347.9111@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (R Andrew Hayden) writes:
- >Hi, it's me again. Sorry to be such a bother.
- >I have a printer that barfs when I try to use it. Le me show you the
- >error messages I get:
- >--------------------
- >Message 1: Gotten at startup
- > SPL2162: Operation cannot be performed while print device is in
- > current state
- >Message 2: Gotten whenever I try to print. The spooler seems to putz
- >away fro 30 to 60 seconds and then repots this back:
- > Error (004) CANNOT write to printer "LPT1"
- > Abort / Retry / Ignore
- > (these are in buttons)
- >if I press retry or ignore, it repeats the error.
- >Any thoughts?
-
- Does the language in the OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List on this
- issue shed any light?
-
- (By the way, IBM has some good language on this and related issues in
- its new OS/2 2.1 manual. What appears to be the draft is located on
- the OS/2 2.1 beta CD-ROM.)
-
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