Karen,
Sounds like the printer is only "half-smart" and relies heavily on the host
machine for printing "intelligence", like forming characters, etc. (HP has
had numerous ink-jet machines that are based on the same principal.)
On some of the HPs, I've gotten good results if they run RBase 4.5 from a
DOS-window, rather than full screen, or in DOS-only mode. The printer
requires its' special windows driver, and these are not available under the
DOS-only mode.
Often times, (but not always...it depends on the printer) they have to exit
from RBase before printing will start, as everything is held in the queue.
You can try messing with the capture settings in Windows; it has worked for
me with an HP 720, which is also "windows only" in its driver.
Hope it helps,
Jim Zix
Director of Training
Broadcast Software International (Indiana office)
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:42 AM
To: All
Subject: Revisited: printing from DOS
Hi all!
I know this has been discussed hundreds of times, and I've
kept copies of every message I thought was relevant, but
finally I have a client with a problem and I can't find
a solution. PS: This is a client on 2.11 that I hear from
about once every 2 years. Therefore, I'm not busting my
buns for them...
She has a single user copy of 2.11, running on Win 98.
No network, local printer. Everything fine until she bought
a "Lexmark Z31 ink jet". I don't understand what she means
by this "tab", but she says:
"When I bought the printer I made sure it would
print to old DOS programs, but it doesn't - not to
any of my old DOS stuff, like XTPRO. When you tell it to
print -- then a box comes up that has a tab that the user
can access to set for DOS printing. Nothing happens when
I do that. "
Any clue what she can do?
Karen
