I had this same problem with printing to a Okidata printer as well. Printing the report from the DOS version made all of my problem go away.
Fred Antrobus On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 09:06, tellef wrote: > > > The problem is that the printer is being sent Windows control codes.. > > which most dot matrix printers run at a slower speed. The only way to > > take advantage of high speed dot matrix printers is to print from DOS.. > > Not a high-speed dot matrix, this is a 12ppm Okidata laser printer. > Sorry, should have mentioned the word 'laser'. > > I got a private email from a helpful person who said maybe it was > as simple as the laser running too hot! This would explain why it > stops after the first 400 and then when they try to immediately rerun > they get maybe 300, then maybe 100, you get the idea. The laser is > tucked in a corner, surrounded by file cabinets and other lasers. > We're going to move it out from the wall, direct a fan at it, and > see what happens! I like these non-tech solutions! > > > Karen > > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ -- -- Fred Antrobus -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (425)235-7796 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
