Hi Peter Here are a few things to consider (and yes, I _do_ have one of these printers) 1) Under Win95 (and probably 98) the deskjet drivers have a memory leak. This really does not show up anywhere, but it will cause very strange behavior - especially as system resources run low. Try checking your system resources when the problem occurs. 2) Print files for maps sent to this printer can be _extremely_ large - make sure you have several hundred megabytes of space free on the spool drive (probably C) at all times. 3) The 1120C does not have an internal processor as such - it relies mostly on the computer itself. Therefore, printing to it through your printer will slow things down - either for you or for the print drivers. This might be causing a problem. 4) Check your printer cable - it should not really be more than 10 feet long and it should support bi-directional printing. Try a new cable - you would be surprised at what an intermittent fault will do printing. 5) Contrary to what HP says, this printer does not really like to be networked. If you _really_ want to screw things up, attach it to one of HP's JetDirect ports :) 6) Consider setting up a small computer to act as a print server. If you have an old P-166 or something similar it should make a wonderful spooling machine. You also get the added advantage of having two computers in your office - makes you look like a real computer geek (maybe good, maybe not so good). 7) Consider moving to Windows NT4 - it works a heck of a lot better than Win98 ever will - at least if you want to get real work done. Also, the drivers for printers tend to be more stable and less buggy - and Mapinfo is extremely happy on an NT box. Good Luck! James James L Marlow Director, Geographic Information Systems Channel Marketing Corporation 15032 Beltway Drive Dallas, Texas 75001 Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331 Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cmcus.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Graves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 12:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problems with Deskjet 1120C on network > > > Hi all, > I have an HP Deskjet 1120C as the local printer on my PC. > I share this printer through my PC over the office netowrk. > I've been having a lot of problems with people not being > able to print to it from their computers. Often, they will > send the job and it will appear to spool, but will never > show up in the spooler status on my PC, and never come through > to print. If I reboot, then the problem is solved for a while. > It will sometimes work if they reboot. I'm working all day on my > machine. Is it a bad idea to use such an active PC as a > print server? > Also, the first print I send to the printer after it has been > turned on is always preceded by a blank page with only 2 small > hearts printed at the top. Is my printer developing emotions, > or is there some other more reasonable explanation for this? > Thanks in advance. > > > Peter Graves > > > P.S. - Dell Dimension 450, 256 MB RAM, Win 98 (version 1) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
