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@Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 01:56:03 -0500
Subject: Re: Working! Re: Question on network printing w/eCS & Win98
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On 10/16/2003 at 02:42 AM, Davey Brain  wrote: >Phil
Parker wrote thusly:
>> On 10/16/2003 at 01:45 AM, Davey Brain
 wrote: > How
>> about redirecting WinOS2 to  eCS that then
>> 
>>>prints it to the network?
>> 
>> 
>> That should work. IIRC, the WinOS2 port would be LPT3.OS2.
>> 

>OK, a few minor problems.  First, even though the network printer shows  up
>(LS:\\DELL\WW200) it won't successfully print to it in IBM Works.  If  I
>assign the same port (LPT2 or 3) to both the local driver (PCL4Net)  and
>the net driver (WW200) it will eventually "forget" the port 
assignment on
>the net printer.  So I assign the local to one port,  assign the network
>printer to the other port, then reassign the local to  the same port as the
>network one.  The most annoying thing is I can't  print in landscape mode
>even if I change all drivers in both eCS & Win98  to landscape.  Win98
>remembers the setting but prints in Portrait anyway  (using PCL4 in the eCS
>driver) and eCS won't  remember the setting is  landscape even if you save
>the settings.  One interesting thing is that  Mozilla (1.4b) instantly
>closes if you try to print to the net printer  (LS:\\DELL\WIN200) but
>prints fine to the local driver (PCL4Net) on the  network.  Hmmm...

IBMWorks spreadsheets require selecting landscape in more than one place,
including one within the spreadsheet itself. That's the one that gave me
problems until I found it: Options -> Page Setup..., check Landscape. That's
in addition to the usual Job Properties etc. settings.

If you haven't, check all printer objects you want assigned to the same LPT
port and make sure they're all set to share that port: on the Output Port
page of the Settings notebook (I think it's Properties in Warp 4),
double-click on the port icon and make sure "Share access" is checked.

Also, what's the output of "net use" at the command line?

>Well at least it will print letters and invoices (portrait) even if it 
>won't print envelopes and spreadsheets (landscape).  I'm using the 
>straight HP LJ3 driver, maybe I need to try a different one? -- 

Are you using the latest laserjeten.exe (driver version 30.797, most files
dated 08-22-03) download from IBM, with HP LJ3 selected therein? If so, you
might need to choose something more compatible with your WW200. I almost
never use a PCL printer any more, so can't offer much help there. You might
try a similar printer from the same manufacturer.

-- 
    Phil Parker
--------------------------------------------
URL http://www.math.twsu.edu/Faculty/Parker/
Random quote:
  More than any time in history, mankind now faces a crossroads.
  One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to
  total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose
  correctly.---Woody Allen



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