rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (05/06/91)
I had reported printing problems with Excel 2.2 under OS/2 1.3 a few weeks ago. Thanks to a hint of a kind person to check paper formats etc. to be the same as in the Print Manager setup menu I got it partially working. A problem with the Epson printer driver remains: In the Print Manager setup I can set up the paper format to be used, the graphics resolution, page orientation and choose between tractor and cut sheed feeder (which I have on my LQ-500). These settings were correct and are saved in os2.ini. However, Excel provides a Printer Setup command in the file menu and uses a different set of printer settings than the system default ones. This means, one has again to set up paper format, resolution, orientation and paper transport. The problem was, that Excel does not print unless the paper format names used by itself and the system defaults are the same (and probably the other settings too). Of course I could set up the printer again in Excel but the Paper Transport radio buttons in the printer drivers setup box are disabled when called from within Excel and they show a default of tractor and I cannot change this setting. So I have to switch the systemwide setup to tractor and to play with a custom paper format and still have problems with page breaks. Did anyone else find a way around this annoying bug? Is it in the printer driver or in Excel (I'm not shure)? Thanks for any hint, Kai Uwe Rommel /* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */ DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams (MS)
d88-pfo@dront.nada.kth.se (Peter Forsberg) (05/07/91)
Regarding printing problems with Excel: I have no personal experience with the Epson printer that you mention. I *do* know though (and believe that I have mentioned it here before) that Excel 2.2 has known difficulties with printing (as has Lotus 123/G 1.0 without corrective service). So, I *strongly* suggest that you contact MS or your retailer to get a free upgrade to 1.21. Furtheron, I suggest that you check *which* Epson-driver you are using. You should use the one that comes with OS/2 1.3, not the one that comes with Excel. Good luck! -- -- Peter A Forsberg Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. IBM Sweden. E-mail: d88-pfo@nada.kth.se #include <standard.disclaimer>
rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (05/08/91)
In article <D88-PFO.91May6212201@dront.nada.kth.se> d88-pfo@dront.nada.kth.se (Peter Forsberg) writes: >Furtheron, I suggest that you check *which* Epson-driver you are using. You >should use the one that comes with OS/2 1.3, not the one that comes with >Excel. Good luck! Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I use the driver that comes with 1.3 which is the newest one available to me. Kai Uwe Rommel /* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */ DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams (MS)
d88-pfo@dront.nada.kth.se (Peter Forsberg) (05/08/91)
In article <D88-PFO.91May6212201@dront.nada.kth.se> I wrote:
suggest that you contact MS or your retailer to get a free upgrade to 1.21.
^^^^
It should of course have been 2.21!
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-- Peter A Forsberg
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
IBM Sweden.
E-mail: d88-pfo@nada.kth.se
#include <standard.disclaimer>tshea@vax1.mankato.msus.edu (05/09/91)
In article <1991May7.182150.16497@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes: > In article <D88-PFO.91May6212201@dront.nada.kth.se> d88-pfo@dront.nada.kth.se (Peter Forsberg) writes: >>Furtheron, I suggest that you check *which* Epson-driver you are using. You >>should use the one that comes with OS/2 1.3, not the one that comes with >>Excel. Good luck! > Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I use the driver that comes with 1.3 > which is the newest one available to me. > > Kai Uwe Rommel > > /* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */ > > DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt > handler, and always will be. -Russell Williams (MS) If you bought IBM's version of OS/2, you should never use Microsofts drivers. IBM will refuse to support you if you use the drivers. Another interesting note, there are newer printer drivers than the ones that came with 1.3. Some of Microsofts products (notable Excel and Word) that have one or two problems with them when printing graphics. Of course, Microsoft has fixed there own drivers to work with all there products. And they wonder why they are being investigated by the government. tim