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Ant
Hello.
I have a client who is still using an old Dell Optiplex PC, an updated
Windows 2000 SP4, an old HP LaserJet 6P (LPT1 and 2 MB of RAM according
to its properties, black and white/B&W only), and updated Office 2002 SP3.
When he prints a PowerPoint file that has about 70+ slides (plenty of
graphics, English texts, and asian characters with MS IME and
TwinBridge), the printer will stop printing after exactly five pages (30
slides). We checked the printer's spool and notice it seems to stops at
about 1.7 MB to 2 MB (10+ pages) when stuck. We could not abort even the
printer's spool because it was stuck. The printer is also stuck too with
its top light as a solid orange color. So either the PC needed to be
rebooted or printer needed to powered off and on (doesn't always work --
so PC reboot is needed due to stuck spool or something).
Does anyone know what's wrong? Is it because of memory in the old
printer? Printing five handout pages/60 slides seem to be fine.
Thank you in advance.
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in a huge ring, just out of bowshot from the walls;" --The Return of the
King (book)
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I have a client who is still using an old Dell Optiplex PC, an updated
Windows 2000 SP4, an old HP LaserJet 6P (LPT1 and 2 MB of RAM according
to its properties, black and white/B&W only), and updated Office 2002 SP3.
When he prints a PowerPoint file that has about 70+ slides (plenty of
graphics, English texts, and asian characters with MS IME and
TwinBridge), the printer will stop printing after exactly five pages (30
slides). We checked the printer's spool and notice it seems to stops at
about 1.7 MB to 2 MB (10+ pages) when stuck. We could not abort even the
printer's spool because it was stuck. The printer is also stuck too with
its top light as a solid orange color. So either the PC needed to be
rebooted or printer needed to powered off and on (doesn't always work --
so PC reboot is needed due to stuck spool or something).
Does anyone know what's wrong? Is it because of memory in the old
printer? Printing five handout pages/60 slides seem to be fine.
Thank you in advance.
--
"Busy as ants hurrying orcs were digging, digging lines of deep trenches
in a huge ring, just out of bowshot from the walls;" --The Return of the
King (book)
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: (e-mail address removed)
( ) or (e-mail address removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.