Karen - I just had a thought (dangerous, I know) - is the printer ticked for "Print from DOS"?
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 9:22 AM >To: RBASE-L Mailing List >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Printing a file locally > > > >Here's a strange one I haven't seen yet. �Client is on a >W2000 network, printing from Win98 workstation, RBWin 6.5++. > >A program prints hundreds of individual statements -- this is >the problem I posted I think last year where it never made >it thru the entire job, found that Okidata lasers have a >problem running on HP Jet Direct network cards. �They moved >the running of this program to a workstation that has a >laserjet locally attached. �It is a slower printer, with >less memory, but it makes it thru the entire job. > >But there's one problem. �As each statement prints, I am >gathering info and writing summary data to an output file. >After all the statements print, I do a simple output printer, >type &vfilename, output screen. �Nothing comes out, even if >she types this at the r> prompt. �If she prints to that >remote Okidata, it comes out fine! > >To further narrow this down, I had her bring up any file in >Notepad. �She selected the local printer, but nothing prints >out. �Selects the network printer, it prints! �What would >cause this? �This obviously is not an RBase problem if even >Notepad will not print locally. > > >Karen > > > > -- Albert Berry Full Time Consultant to PSD Solutions 350 West Hubbard, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60610 312-828-9253 Ext. 32 __________________________________________________________________ Try AOL and get 1045 hours FREE for 45 days! http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/index.adp?375380 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 for FREE! Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promos=380455
