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Printer Not Printing With Serial Port
DocumentID: 650284
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:28:58 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: When they print in 5.1 the print job will not go out. When they go into 5.0 it prints and then they can print in 5.1. They are using a COM port, and a switch box. Solutions: This problem was fixed today (1/26/90). It will not, of course, be on the 1/19/90 release of 5.1, but will hopefully make the next master of WP.EXE. Some things that the customer can try in the meantime are:
      1)      Place a MODE command in their AUTOEXEC.BAT -
            MODE COM1:96,n,8,1,p
      2)      If that doesn't help by itself, you can set their port in WP to 8 for Other, and then type AUX for the device or file pathname.
      3)      They can try a COPY COM1: in their AUTOEXEC.BAT after the mode command. (Hopefully, the file they copy only contains something like a space and backspace or something.)
      4)      The only other thing we know to do is what they are already doing: printing from something else first.

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