"dlzc" <dlzc1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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sali:
On Mar 19, 10:28 am, "sali" <s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> we have few hp1200, hp1015 and hp1160 printers
> working with dos app/pcl
....
> new hp2014 is also very nice lpt pcl5 printer,
> but it has strange timeout
What operating system? Just DOS, XP, or Vista, and/or does the
problem follow the printer from machine to machine?
HP's troubleshooting page seems to offer no help.
<http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SupportTaskIndex.jsp?
lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=3322555&taskId=110>
The operating system may close the current printer session, sending
the "printer reset" command, if it assumes the current printer job is
"stagnant" for a period of time.
Here is the installation manual:
<http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/
c01064410/c01064410.pdf>
Here is the User's guide:
<http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/
c00810215/c00810215.pdf>
There is no indication that this "job pause reset" is in any way
associated with the printer hardware / firmware. This leaves driver
and OpSys as the likely culprits.
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thnx for details
it was tested on w98 [to avoid as much as possible the xp "hal" tricks],
and
it is not likely to be *os* problem, since the same app on the same comp
works for many years when plugged hp1160 [or hp1200 or hp1320 or hp1015 or
hp1022 or hp1100 or hp6l or hp6p or ... (have a realy good collection of
hp
printers)] , and not work when hp2014 plugged
there is no "current" session, just:
copy /b font-file lpt1
wait few seconds
copy /b report-file lpt1
if "few seconds" is less than 7, the report is printed out using font-file
char shapes
if "few seconds" are greater than 7, the report is printed out by
printer's
default font [ugly]
conclusion is that at the time boundary of 7 seconds printer decides to
erase received font def and revert to defaults
at the same time, with the mentioned old hp1160 [and all the rest] there
is
no time limit, once downloaded, font may be used anytime untill printer is
switched off
again, this is a problem only with delayed printout within pages, when
report is sent as "burst" no problem, also when this hp2014 plugged
instead
of hp6l the existing pcl5 driver prints from win app without any prob
this is not a "catastrophic" problem, since dos/text apps may be rewritten
[if no other solution], just was surprised that hp is not compat with hp
[and till now the compatibility along generations was the important
feature
of hp laserjet]
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