[comp.windows.ms] problem printing with Adobe Type Manager on NetWare LAN

boerner@ut-emx.uucp (Brendan B. Boerner) (06/04/91)

Hello,

I'm trying to use Adobe Type Manager for Windows and am having a bit
of a problem printing which perhaps someone can help me with.

My configuration is:
	Hewlett Packard Vectra QS/16S (386SX at 16Mhz)
	4MB memory
	VGA
	HP DOS v3.3
	MS Windows 3.0a
	Word for Windows 1.1a
	Novell NetWare 3.10, capturing LPT2 to an HP LaserJet III with
	5MB.

I have Windows configured to print to LPT2.OS2 rather than LPT2 since
otherwise I get many pages of garbage from the printer.

When printing using the HP built in font (CG Times), it prints
allright.

When I create a test document with "Hello world" and format it for an
ATM font at 48 point (say, Bookman), and print, it spools 2648 bytes
to the queue and the stops.  About a minute later it brings up a
dialog telling me it can't print.  Sometimes a page will come out with
about half of the top of "Hello world" printed with some garbage
overlaid.

If I configure Windows to print to LPT2:, I get the usual page after
page of garbage.

If anyone has any ideas of what I could try, I'd appreciate it.  I
have contacted Adobe once and will try again if necc. but I thought
I'd see if anyone else had this problem.

Thanks in advance,
Brendan

boerner@ut-emx.uucp (Brendan B. Boerner) (06/17/91)

A couple of weeks ago I posted:
[...]
>When I create a test document with "Hello world" and format it for an
>ATM font at 48 point (say, Bookman), and print, it spools 2648 bytes
>to the queue and the stops.  About a minute later it brings up a
>dialog telling me it can't print.  Sometimes a page will come out with
>about half of the top of "Hello world" printed with some garbage
>overlaid.
[...]

Aaron Royd (Aaron.Roydhouse@comp.vuw.ac.nz) responded with the
following suggestions:

>- Windows should be installed for use under Netware

It is.

>- You should use LPT2: and not LPT2.OS2

I'm doing this so that I won't get page after page of garbage when
printing to the LaserJet.  I did try it though and my wasted paper
problem also persists.

>- The Banner page must be disabled for that queue

It is along with timeout, notify user, etc...  Also, I am using Byte
stream and not text.

>- You IPX.EXE and NET4.EXE should be of at least version 3.01d

I'm using IPX v1.05EC and NET3 v3.01E.

Also, since I posted, I downloaded the Supplemental Drivers Disk #5
from Compu$erve and am using The HP LJ III v3.61 driver.  Problem
persists.

Interestingly enough, I have found that I CAN print to an Epson FX
1050 using ATM.  Adobe Tech. Support is as confused as I am.

I will check and see if perhaps my version of capture is at fault,
maybe I'm using an old version which has some obscure bug, I dunno.

Any thoughts would be appreciated and thanks to Aaron for his response.

Brendan