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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!airgun!airgun.wg.waii.com!bab
  2. From: bab@se39.wg2.waii.com (Brian Button)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  4. Subject: UPDATE : CAN print through Win-OS/2 :)
  5. Message-ID: <BAB.92Aug13085422@se39.wg2.waii.com>
  6. Date: 13 Aug 92 12:54:22 GMT
  7. Sender: news@airgun.wg.waii.com
  8. Organization: Western Geophysical Exploration Products
  9. Lines: 25
  10. Nntp-Posting-Host: se39.wg2.waii.com
  11.  
  12. It's fixed! I figured out what the problem was and now I'm able to
  13. print just fine. Many thanks to Martin Lansche for the pointer to the
  14. problem. He mentioned that Win-OS/2 seemed to want write to a file
  15. LPT1.OS2 on C:. I don't know if it is actually looking for a file
  16. there, but it definitely won't work if your C: drive is not formatted.
  17.  
  18. This was proven by formatting the partition FAT and trying to print. I
  19. worked fine. I then removed the partition and recreated it as
  20. unformatted. It didn't work. I reformatted the partition and could
  21. print again. Sounds pretty convincing to me!
  22.  
  23. Thanks again for all the net.help, especially to Martin.
  24.  
  25. bab
  26.  
  27. PS - I'm phoning IBM to close this problem and tell them what the
  28. solution was.
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  31. | Brian Button          | email : button@wg2.waii.com                        |
  32. | Design Engineer       |         bab@buster.stafford.tx.us                  |
  33. | Western Geophysical   | voice : (713)964-6221                              |
  34. | 3600 Briarpark        |                                                    |
  35. | Houston, Texas  77042 |                                                    |
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