[bit.listserv.novell] Capture Command Hangups Reply

Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM (02/11/90)

>Hello all,

>Situation:
>        Small (<10 workstations) novell network running 286 v2.15c
>        Individual copies of WordPerfect on each hard disk
>Problem:
>        When trying to send mail-merge letters to the HP IID printer
>        via the capture command, the first 5 or so letters get printed,
>        then the printer comes up with an error message that gets
>        translated to "bad command" .  This happens consistently across
>        different letters.

>        I recommended trying capture with varying timeout values.  They
>        say that they tried /ti=30   =45  =90 =120  all with the same
>        results.

>Question:
>        Does anyone know if this is a problem with capture, with the
>        printer, or with the codes that word perfect is sending to
>        the printer?  Is there anything that I should have them
>        check in printcon or printdef that would account for this
>        kind of a problem?

>  Barb Deschapelles

   Try using the CAPTURE command like this and let me know it this works:

   CAPTURE Q=PRINTQ_X NB NT TI=15

   The no tab option will probably do the trick for you.

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