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IBM OS/2 LAN Server - PCs Locking When Printi |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: When the customer prints to network printers, the computers lock up. Solutions: The customer's network is an IBM OS/2 LAN Server 1.3. During the installation process they had selected 0 (Other) for the network type. Changing the network type to 4 (IBM) resolved the problem. There are some fundamental differences in printing when choosing 0-Other rather than 4-IBM. The biggest difference is that with 0-Other the port is reset via INT17. With /NT-4 the port is not reset via INT17. WP relies on the Operating System to do this. To prevent this locking problem it was necessary to choose 4-IBM as the network type and select the port as 8-Other and type in LPT1 or LPT2 rather than choosing 1-LPT1: from the menu. Choosing LPT1 (no colon) forces WP to print to a file called LPT1. The operating system then sends the file to the redirected device (LPT1:) and the document prints. |
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