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- From: petej@itcode.Eng.Sun.COM (Pete Jolly[CONTRACTOR])
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Subject: Help with Netware 3.11 Printer
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 17:57:09 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
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- Message-ID: <lm0dblINN94r@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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- Keywords: Printer netware 3.11 pconsole novell
-
- I have a small netware 3.11 network (1 file server, 5
- workstations) with a parallel printer on the file server.
- I have just replaced an ESDI drive and controller on
- the file server with an IDE drive and controller at
- the same time I upgraded the server from ELS netware 286
- to the latest netware version. I have a printer set up
- on the file server. When printing large reports, once in
- a while the printer will beep and I will get 10 to 15
- characters of junk (looks like non-ascii characters)
- which destroys the entire report. I have tried changing
- the interrupt number on the printer (using pconsole)
- from 7 to 6 but then other workstations couldn't see
- the file server. I suspect doing this conflicted with the
- network board but I am not sure about this. I have also
- tried changing the printer from being interrupt driven
- to using polling but the same problems occur. I have
- also decreased the buffer size from 3K to 2K and
- things seem better. The last report seemed to go on
- longer before it received garbage. I know it isn't
- the application because other applications (such as
- quicken) have the same problems when printing.
-
- Anyone have an idea of what I should try next?
-
- Thanks in advance,
-
- Pete Jolly
- Intellicode Software Co.
- San Jose, Ca.
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