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- From: venky@thelonious.bellcore.com (G A Venkatesh)
- Subject: Re: PCNFS: Troubles with MS-Windows 3.1
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.194316.3962@walter.bellcore.com>
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- Reply-To: venky@thelonious.bellcore.com (G A Venkatesh)
- Organization: Bellcore, Morristown NJ
- References: <1992Dec15.032256.12891@toolz.uuc> <66500001@glas.apc.org>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 19:43:16 GMT
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- In article <66500001@glas.apc.org> irl@glas.apc.org writes:
- >
- >I had the same problem. I solved it by "Connecting" my local printer
- >to LPT1.DOS rather than to LPT1. Works fine.
- >
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- ..as long as you don't need to change the retry time which *may* be required
- if you are sending a lot of bitmaps to a slow printer. LPT1.DOS doesn't
- have a timing option since it is considered to be a file. As someone suggested
- changing the "network jobs direct to port" option makes LPT1: usable.
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- venky
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