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by caltonc

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2pc - Windows98
1 printer- HP Laserjet IIP peer-to-peer sharing.

They both can print from the dos application but once printing has started, it is a continuous print of the page.

End captured through start settings printer, but printing still continued. Have tried uninstalling/reinstalling print driver. Changed the printer to the other machine-same outcome.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Carolyn

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by vinnyd

Does you DOS program have its own HP printer driver or does this DOS program just print text?

If you print to an HP printer with the wrong printer driver, you may just get page after page of grabage printed.

If you are getting the correct 1st page, then the DOS program is sending a commmand to the HP printer, so the printer thinks it should be printing more than one page.

DOS printing is controlled by the DOS program! Anything the printer is doing is coming from the DOS program.

You did not say what program you are printing from.

To test a dos print, shutdown windows to the MS-DOS prompt.

Type copy con prn

Type a line of text and press the key.

Now type a CTRL L and then a CTRL Z

Press the key after the CTRL Z.

One page of what you typed should print on the printer.

If that printed ok, now run you DOS program and print.

This will tell your printer is working fine and you DOS program is not!

by tjc

Try changing the printers setup of the EMF and RAW settings. Also turn off/on the spool settings and see if it works.

Also when the printer is directly connected to the program in question does it print OK?

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