[comp.windows.ms] Windows 3 Print Manager Problem

khy@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (K H Yeung) (03/29/91)

Has anyone experienced any trouble with Windows 3 Print Manager's error message:

   The Print Manager cannot write to LPT1.  There
   may be a printer problem.

   resume the queue when the problem is
   corrected or cancel the document

This occurs whenever I try to print something out through
Windows 3.
I have checked the connection on LPT1 through using other packages such as
VENTURA 2 and Harvard Graphics etc... and they all worked okay when printing.
At first I thought that there may be some confliction between my EMS and Windows3 so I have disabled the EMS but still no luck!
My system environment is:

IBM AT compatible, 4Mb RAM, DOS 4.00
Shadow RAM(enabled), Award BIOS 1985, NEAT chipset,
2Mb EMS (emulated through 82C212 chip),
SuperVGA card, harddisk.

Norton SI memory report are:

DOS reports 640 K-bytes of memory:
   130 K-bytes used by DOS and resident programs
   510 K-bytes available for application programs
A search for active memory finds:
   640 K-bytes main memory      (at hex 0000-A000)
    32 K-bytes display memory   (at hex B800-C000)
 2,048 K-bytes expanded memory   
ROM-BIOS Extensions are found at hex paragraghs: C000 CC00

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) (03/31/91)

>   The Print Manager cannot write to LPT1.  There
>   may be a printer problem.

>   resume the queue when the problem is
>   corrected or cancel the document

>This occurs whenever I try to print something out through
>Windows 3.

I ran into this problem a while back with a PS/2 
Model 55SX. It wouldn't print from run-time Win286,
Win386 2.11 or Windows 3. The fix was to set up to 
print to the dummy port LPT1.OS2, or define another
port in Win.ini called LPT1.(anythreeletters) and
print to it.

The fix came after spending 30 minutes on hold 
calling MS Tech Support.

Wish there was a way to slow down pasting in 
WinQVT/NET.
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