Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!milton!ogicse!pdxgate!parsely!percy!qiclab!techbook!kenh From: kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Novell-MS Windows 3.0 Print Problems Message-ID: <1991Feb15.141155.1739@techbook.com> Date: 15 Feb 91 14:11:55 GMT References: <14360003@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <1991Feb11.114707.21100@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix Lines: 42 In article <1991Feb11.114707.21100@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> birken@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Klaus Birken) writes: >johnb@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (John Burenheide) writes: >configuration: two DELL System 325 (80386) machines > connected via Netware ELS II > windows 3.0 > >i tested for 4 days now and found the following (astonishing) facts: > >you create a short text file, a single line or so. application doesn't mention. >let's use windows write. > >now: > o printing to FILE: ok, no mistakes, for every printer driver a > dedicated server in 386 Enhanced, only Real Mode works. > but there is enough memory to run the printer driver. > the PrintManager shows that the printed file has > about 1KByte. Correct. > o diskless: Windows in 386 Enhanced Mode. > the PrintManager shows: 69KByte. > ^^^^^^^^^^ MISTAKE! >this value of 69 KByte depends on: > - the size of the source file (source file * 70 = printed file) > - nothing else >it DOESN'T depend on: > - the printer driver. every printer driver produces the same file. ?! > >i phoned the DELL hotline, they are testing since 3 days... > >no results up to now. > >in my opinion this is a bug in novell netware. or in windows. i don't know. Does the print job print? Is this "bug" just that the file size is larger than you expect? What Netware Shell version are you running? -- ****************************************************************************** Ken Haynes, Certified Netware Engineer Technical Support Product Mgr. 900 Support