Re: TCP Printing problem

At 18:18 06/23/2000 , John Hall wrote:

>I just converted an HP4000 from a rmtoutq a *lan printer (crtdevprt)
>
>
>Now when we print large reports we get communication errors on the
>writer.  CPA403D Operator Action required on Device (C R).
>
>We never had this problem before.  The printer has a built-in network
>card and is shared by the 400, NT servers, and a Unix box.  If I go back
>to a rmtoutq the problem goes away.

Did you end the remote writer? Maybe it's a device contention problem???? 
There are some timeout values in both the device description and in Jet 
Direct, but I'm really hazy on just what they are. How much memory is in 
the printer? Possibly it's a buffer overrun problem. Memory is pretty cheap 
(20-40 $US range) I've seen problems with HP 8200s caused by some network 
latency/jet direct weirdness, although they magically went away after 
applying some V4.4 PTFs (I don't remember - just be current). What release 
are you on? Lots of stuff got fixed between V4.2 and V4.4.


Pete Hall
pbhall@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~pbhall
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