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- From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: HELP! Can't use LPT1 - OS/2 Think it's in use!
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 02:44:27 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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- In article <1ejb4aINNp2q@gap.caltech.edu> josephc@cco.caltech.edu (Joseph Chiu) writes:
- >From: josephc@cco.caltech.edu (Joseph Chiu)
- >Subject: HELP! Can't use LPT1 - OS/2 Think it's in use!
- >Date: 20 Nov 1992 18:34:50 GMT
- >I have a strange situation that I haven't encountered before.
- >
- >I have a program which, apparently, tried to access LPT1: directly. OS/2
- >intercepts this with the error that another application is using the printer
- >and that I can either terminate my DOS session, or terminate the application
- >which is using the printer.
- >
- >My problem is, nobody is using the printer.
- >
- >Can anyone offer some insights?
- >
- >BTW, I can use the printer in the VDM and in the DOS emulation modes, as well
- >as from within Borland C, so I know that the printer is accessible from the
- >DOS sessions.
-
- Well, I don't know what _causes_ the problem, but if you open your printer
- object and set the LPT1 port to 'Shared Access' then it will work like a
- champ. I had the same problem and was equally mystified.
-
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