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- From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Printer Fixes for OS/2 (Long)
- Message-ID: <JmuZqB1w165w@knex.Gwinnett.COM>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 15:09:30 GMT
- Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A
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-
- Here is a copy of the text listing all the printer fixes for OS/2
- from IBM NSC BBS.
-
- <------------cut here ------- cut here -------- cut here ------------------->
- PRNFIX.TXT 9/08/92 - OS/2 Printer Driver Fix File
- ===================
-
- PURPOSE: Provide a living document that:
- 1) Contains a history of changes/fixes for every OS/2 printer
- driver for every release.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1) PRINTER DRIVER FIXES
- ====================
-
-
- OS/2 EPSON Printer Driver
- =========================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v13.346 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- FIXES SINCE GA:
- a) APAR#: JR04677 and PJ03858
- DESCRIPTION: Print jobs submitted in RAW format get an extra
- Form Feed added at end of job or a Form Feed
- added that is not desired.
- RESOLUTION: Added "Form Feed Control" options to Printer
- Properties for the Epson driver. This allows
- for the user to select one of "None, Compulsory,
- or Conditional".
- b) APAR#: PJ04986
- DESCRIPTION: Printer that have an automatic paper load feature
- (e.g. Panosonic printers) print last few lines
- on 2nd page when normally they would fit on 1 page.
- RESOLUTION: The Epson driver now recognizes that this feature
- is being used and will now allow the data to fit
- onto 1 page avoiding a Form Feed.
- c) APAR#: PJ03740
- DESCRIPTION: With OfficeVision/2 Inbasket and other apps that
- only print on the last few lines of a page,
- Epson displays error message (PMV6011) and file
- does not print.
- RESOLUTION: Corrected Epson to cope with this problem.
-
- 03/30/92 - v13.342 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
-
- OS/2 IBM4019 Printer Driver
- ===========================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v1.284 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- Fixes since GA (v1.281):
-
- a) PTR#: SM11359/24492
- DESCRIPTION: Using the 32-bit graphics engine,
- line spacing comes out incorrectly.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to fix
-
- b) Lexmark PTR: 733
- DESCRIPTION: When a user cancels a job while printing,
- The correct printer commands (sic) are NOT
- being sent to the printer.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to fix
-
- c) Lexmark PTR: 701
- DESCRIPTION: Using Describe 2.0 some graphics
- do not come out.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to allow fix (world coordinates
- allowed to exceed 32K).
-
- d) APAR#: JR06200
- DESCRIPTION: When multiple STARTDOC/ENDOC calls are done to print multiple
- jobs with only one DEVOpenDC/DEVCloseDC resources are used up
- requiring a reboot after several jobs are printed.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to do a SplQmClose for each SplQmOpen.
-
- e) A few more minor bugs fixed.
-
- 03/30/92 - v1.281 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
- NOTES
- -----
-
- The IBM4019.DRV is also available from LexMark corporation.
- Utilities for the IBM4019 printer may also be found there.
- The LexMark BBS is 1-800-453-9223.
-
-
- OS/2 IBM42XX Printer Driver
- ===========================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v1.284 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- Fixes since GA (v1.281):
-
- a) PTR#: SM11359/24492
- DESCRIPTION: Using the 32-bit graphics engine,
- line spacing comes out incorrectly.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to fix
-
- b) Lexmark PTR: 733
- DESCRIPTION: When a user cancels a job while printing,
- The correct printer commands (sic) are NOT
- being sent to the printer.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to fix
-
- c) Lexmark PTR: 701
- DESCRIPTION: Using Describe 2.0 some graphics
- do not come out.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to allow fix (world coordinates
- allowed to exceed 32K).
-
- d) APAR#: JR06200
- DESCRIPTION: When multiple STARTDOC/ENDOC calls are done to print multiple
- jobs with only one DEVOpenDC/DEVCloseDC resources are used up
- requiring a reboot after several jobs are printed.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to do a SplQmClose for each SplQmOpen.
-
- e) A few more minor bugs fixed.
-
-
- 03/30/92 - v1.281 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
- NOTES
- -----
-
- The IBM42XX.DRV is also available from LexMark corporation.
- The LexMark BBS is 1-800-453-9223.
-
-
- OS/2 IBM52XX Printer Driver
- ===========================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v1.284 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- Fixes since GA (v1.281):
-
- a) PTR#: SM11359/24492
- DESCRIPTION: Using the 32-bit graphics engine,
- line spacing comes out incorrectly.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to fix
-
- b) Lexmark PTR: 733
- DESCRIPTION: When a user cancels a job while printing,
- The correct printer commands (sic) are NOT
- being sent to the printer.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to fix
-
- c) Lexmark PTR: 701
- DESCRIPTION: Using Describe 2.0 some graphics
- do not come out.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to allow fix (world coordinates
- allowed to exceed 32K).
-
- d) APAR#: JR06200
- DESCRIPTION: When multiple STARTDOC/ENDOC calls are done to print multiple
- jobs with only one DEVOpenDC/DEVCloseDC resources are used up
- requiring a reboot after several jobs are printed.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to do a SplQmClose for each SplQmOpen.
-
- e) A few more minor bugs fixed.
-
- 03/30/92 - v1.281 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
-
- OS/2 IBM52012 Printer Driver
- =============================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v1208 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- Fixes since GA (v1.281):
-
- a) PTR#: 24492
- DESCRIPTION: Using the 32-bit graphics engine,
- line spacing comes out incorrectly.
- RESOLUTION: Code changed to fix
-
- 03/30/92 - v1208 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
- OS/2 HP LASERJET Printer Driver
- ===============================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v1.3.350 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- FIXES SINCE GA:
- a) APAR#: PJ04342
- DESCRIPTION: Large print jobs print slowly from Laserjet
- printers that support data compression
- compared to Windows 3.1.
- RESOLUTION: Implemented compression modes 2 and 3 for those
- devices that support it. The field for
- "Memory size (KB)" must be changed in the
- Laserjet Printer Properties to reflect actual
- memory on printer so the driver can select best
- compression mode.
-
- b) DCR#: 1399 "Standardizing OS/2 Printer Drivers"
- DESCRIPTION: The LaserJet driver stored it's information in the
- OS2.INI file instead of the OS2SYS.INI files where
- all OS/2 drivers are supposed to.
- RESOLUTION: All Job/Printer Properties now stored in OS2SYS.INI
- instead of OS2.INI.
-
- c) APAR#: NONE
- DESCRIPTION: Occasional trap occurs printing to ledger paper.
- RESOLUTION: LaserJet driver fixed.
-
- d) APAR#: NONE
- DESCRIPTION: LaserJet reads stored printer/job properties
- multiple times unecessarily from OS2SYS.INI.
- RESOLUTION: LaserJet driver fixed so it only reads these
- properties once.
-
- v1.3.333 - font files (.FNT) now have EA files (.FNI)
-
- 03/30/92 - v1.3.342 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
- OS/2 HP PaintJet Driver
- =======================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v3.9.P2 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- FIXES SINCE GA:
- a) APAR#: PJ04064
- DESCRIPTION: Traps, hangs or popup msgs appear when applications
- attempt to display or retrieve printer and job
- properties from the driver.
- Seen on applications (often 16-bit OS/2 apps)
- that have buttons like "print options",
- "printer setup", or "print setup" to name a few.
- The problem was originally seen using drag and
- drop from WorkPlace Shell.
- RESOLUTION: Fixed driver to display popup or return correct
- information.
-
- 03/30/92 - v3.9.P2 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
-
- OS/2 PostScript Printer Driver
- ==============================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v13.345 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- No changes since GA.
-
- 03/30/92 - v13.342 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
-
- OS/2 Plotter driver
- ===================
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v13.348 - Initial posting of driver package.
-
- Fixes since GA:
-
- a) DEFECT#: 44143/44392
- DESCRIPTION: Using the 32-bit graphics engine some
- drawings were coming out distorted.
- Especially those printing lines, polylines,
- arcs, curves and polyfillets in non-pel
- units.
- RESOLUTION: Updated to work with 32-bit graphics engine.
-
- b) APAR#: PJ04680
- DESCRIPTION: Picview's Print function fails using HP7595A
- printer Driver causing no output or error
- popup telling user that the print job is in
- wrong format for printing.
- RESOLUTION: Some apps are trying to color/pattern fill
- a NULL rectangle causing printing errors.
- Code changed to not return an error when
- filling a NULL rectangle.
-
- 03/30/92 - v13.342 - OS/2 2.0 GA version
-
-
- OS/2 PM PLOT Queue Processor
- ----------------------------
-
- HISTORY (date - version - description of changes )
- -------
-
- 08/20/92 - v13.345 - Initial posting of PMPLOTPD driver.
- v13.342 - Initial posting of PMPLOT queue processor.
- No changes since GA.
-
- 03/30/92 - v13.345 - OS/2 2.0 GA version of PMPLOTPD driver
- v13.342 - OS/2 2.0 GA version of PMPLOT queue processor
-
- NOTES
- -----
-
- This queue processor differs from PM Print that is shipped with
- OS/2 in that it handles reverse clipping. This allows a vector
- device to draw "on top of" previously drawn areas of the page
- and remember what is really "on top" so colors don't blend
- together.
-
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