I posted this to the Archive magazine mailing list thread "Printng" but
it, along with a couple of other posts, hasn't appeared there. The
discussion is about printing to a networked printer...
In article <59310ad2f9brian.jordan9@btinternet.com>,
Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> wrote:
I posted this to the Archive magazine mailing list thread "Printng" but
it, along with a couple of other posts, hasn't appeared there. The discussion is about printing to a networked printer...
Your post just arrived at the Archive mailing list. Apparently there's
some delay between posting and arriving. My answer is posted and will
surely arrive in due time.
I posted this to the Archive magazine mailing list thread "Printng" but
it, along with a couple of other posts, hasn't appeared there. The
discussion is about printing to a networked printer...
"I have just downloaded and installed RemotePrinterFS and it works
remarkably well. I use the MW PS3 driver and most of my work prints on my Lexmark duplex colour laser printer without any problems. Interestingly I
get identical results with RemotePrinterFS#proto=LPD;host=ET0021B725BF8C;buffer=yes:
and
RemotePrinterFS#proto=JetDirect;host=ET0021B725BF8C;buffer=yes:
as the printer path. [1]
There is however one problem; although I am able to print from Draw,
Paint, Photodesk Pluto and Easiwriter, I have no success printing from Ovation Pro. There is a brief click fom the printer and the light
indicating that data is being transferred flashes and then ... nothing.
I'd be intrigued to know if anyone else has seen this and more important, found a way to circumvent the problem.
B
[1] ET0021B725BF8C is how the printer is seen on the network."
B
I have two printers connected to my router network using RemotePrinterFS
but use .....
RemotePrinterFS#proto=JetDirect;host=10.0.0.12;port=9600:
and
RemotePrinterFS#proto=JetDirect;host=10.0.0.13;port=9600:
Printing to them from Ovation Pro 2.78 works flawlessly.
Could it be that using the printers MAC address rather than its network address is the problem?
I posted this to the Archive magazine mailing list thread "Printng" but
it, along with a couple of other posts, hasn't appeared there. The
discussion is about printing to a networked printer...
"I have just downloaded and installed RemotePrinterFS and it works
remarkably well. I use the MW PS3 driver and most of my work prints on my Lexmark duplex colour laser printer without any problems. Interestingly I
get identical results with RemotePrinterFS#proto=LPD;host=ET0021B725BF8C;buffer=yes:
and
RemotePrinterFS#proto=JetDirect;host=ET0021B725BF8C;buffer=yes:
as the printer path. [1]
There is however one problem; although I am able to print from Draw,
Paint, Photodesk Pluto and Easiwriter, I have no success printing from Ovation Pro. There is a brief click fom the printer and the light
indicating that data is being transferred flashes and then ... nothing.
I'd be intrigued to know if anyone else has seen this and more important, found a way to circumvent the problem.
B
[1] ET0021B725BF8C is how the printer is seen on the network."
Is there an option in Ovation to just print ASCII text as would be used
for a daisywheel printer?
Printing from edit uses that certainly for PCL(and PostScript?)
printers
n.b. I think !Prophet's option of 'Direct Printing' is plain text
Chris Evans
I have this morning discovered that OPro 2.78e prints via
the PoScript2 driver and that the issues I have been
describing are only apparent when I use MW Software's
PostScript3 driver.
I have this morning discovered that OPro 2.78e prints via the PoScript2 driver and that the issues I have been describing are only apparent when
I use MW Software's PostScript3 driver. A further complication is that I
use Richard Darby's modifications to enable duplex printing. More investigation later to see if I can identify exactly where the problem
is. This is very frustrating as I am able to get full colour double
sided output when printing from Easiwriter and Impression neither of
which I use regularly any more.
I'd be intrigued to know if anyone else has seen this and more
important, found a way to circumvent the problem.
In article <59310ad2f9brian.jordan9@btinternet.com>,
Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> wrote:
[Snip]
I'd be intrigued to know if anyone else has seen this and more
important, found a way to circumvent the problem.
Found it!
It took a long time to discover I had changed the A4(Generic PS) paper
size definition. I copied my settings from Printers on my VA where it has worked for years with margins set at 5mm all round printing via UniPrint
to the same printer.
I have now changed the margins to 8.1mm top and bottom and 6.3mm left and right which I believe is the default and everything now seems to be well.
Thanks to everyone who has commented it is appreciated.
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