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From: rm3@ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 and HP LaserJet IIP
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.160825.26399@ornl.gov>
Date: 3 Apr 91 16:08:25 GMT
References: <13581@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <13496@helios.TAMU.EDU>
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In article <13496@helios.TAMU.EDU> jlr1801@aim1.tamu.edu (Jeff Rife) writes:
>In article <13581@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> grit@purcell.CS.ColoState.Edu (Dale Grit) writes:
>>I can't get Windows 3.0 to talk to my HP LaserJet IIP.
>>
>>I am running Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode.  
>>The printer installation and configuration appeared to be trivial.
>>All setup screens seem to be correct.
>>
>>But, when I try to print (eg. from Write or FileManager), I get:
>>   Printer Error:
>>   Cannot Print:  An error has occurred while printing --
>>   make sure the printer is properly configured and selected.
>>
>>Windows also won't let me print to a file.
>>
>>I have no trouble using the DOS print command or with printing from
>>WordPerfect.
>>
>>Dale Grit  grit@cs.colostate.edu
>
>How about this...
>
>Is the TEMP environment variable pointing to a directory that exists?  If
>the variable has a non-null value, but it is not a legal directory, Windows
>printing attempts crap out with just that error, not something intelligent
>like "Cannot open temporary spool file."
>
>I was bit by this one once, and had NO IDEA FOR DAYS, and just tried clearing
>AUTOEXEC, CONFIG.SYS, etc. out of desperation.
>
>But it does prove that Microsoft has infringed on the Mac operating system, as
>this error seems quite similar to the infamous [BOMB PICTURE] ID=whatever that
>the Mac experiences.
>
You can get this problem if there is a space instead of a cr/lf immediately
following the name on your TEMP= statement.  Which in saving a file in DOS text
mode Wordperfect 5.0 seems to want to add.

Robert McBroom internet: rm3@ornl.gov