Re: Network printer link droped

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From: david.kahn@gb.abb.com <david.kahn@gb.abb.com>
>
>"S.A. Centea" <acentea@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I created several *LAN TCP/IP printers (ordinary &
>>IPDS) via CRTDEVPRT, each one with its own IP address.
>>All printers are HP or Lexmark, ethernet 10/100, local
>>or remote.
>>
>>Everything is working fine ... but the writers are
>>dropped several times a day. The bug occurs when a
>>first file is to be printed, having the message :
>
>We had similar problems with HP printers. The failure would follow any long
>message wait. We then implemented auto responding to alignment and
stationery
>messages and the problem went away. This does seem to support the timeout
idea
>suggested by others.


If it's feasible for you, try starting the writers with FORMTYPE(*ALL
*NOMSG).  That seems to make a big difference in stability with our *LAN
TCP/IP LaserJets.

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