Re: Cannot Load Printer

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks Mike:
 I've written an E-Mail to Lexmark and asked the question about being a
win-printer - or what the problem might be. BTW I get a similar problem
in NB, which at ver 5.5.3 is also a quasi dos app. I'l let the list
know what they come up with.
Thanks
Dick

mike shupp wrote:
>
> Hmmm... my understanding is that Windows does its thing without
> even looking to see if an attached printer has anything in the
> way of memory or special characteristics. There may be info in
> the driver file which lets the computer know, for example, that
> printing is possible on both sides of the paper, and Windows will
> use this capability-- but not by issuing the sort of commands
> that MS-DOS used to give. Everything is done via software rather
> than hardware. There are both advantages and disadvantages to
> this kind of thing...
>
> A salient point is that "Win-printers" in the sense of equipment
> limited to use only with Windows are fairly rare.  Unlike the
> people who make modems, most printers manufacturers want their
> gear to work with both Windows and Macs (and other machines),
> so they do have the ncecessary memory and appropriate bells and
> whistles to work with several operating systems, (There may or
> may not be driver utilities to allow use with Linux, BeOS, and
> so forth, but that's another issue. If the manufacturer doesn't
> have such available, and the hardware is capable, Linux hackers
> will eventually come up with drivers.)
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "J. R. Fox" 
> Reply-To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Cannot Load Printer
> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:39:21 -0800
>
> mike shupp wrote:
>
> > Sounds like you're out of memory.  Windows chews up a bunch of
> > memory (and processing time) whenever it formats a page for
> > printing on an ink-jet printer -- it's basically creating a
> > photograph of the pages to be printed and sending them off to
> > the printer as images. Solution: buy your pc more memory.
>
> Sounds like the Z23 must be a Win-printer. (Printer has no onboard
> RAM or processing of its own.)
>
> Jordan
>
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