using HP LaserJet 4250

[leefp1 at charter.net]

In the FWIW department...

     Thanks much to Jim Asman for his help on diagnosing this problem.  I thought I would report back in case anyone else might experience this issue in the future.  The problem turned out to be a manual printer switch.

     Long story short... this site used two computers (one Unix, one Windows) printing to one printer.  The switch was manual but was powered.  The old HP2100 seemed to have no problem with the switch; but the the HP 4250 was not receiving some signal it needed (or was receiving more than it wanted).  

     In any case... removed the switch and hooked the Unix box directly to the parallel port on the HP 4250 and everything worked fine.  We then hooked the Windows box up to the USB port on the printer and eliminated the need for the switch.

     Don't know why the switch worked with the 2100 but not the 4250... but just glad for a solution.

     Another shout-out to Jim Asman.  Thanks.

-Lee
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Lee Walker
Cross Lanes, WV
leefp1 at charter.net
walkking at suddenlink.net
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---- leefp1 at charter.net wrote: 
> Hi to all... been a long time since I've been on the list... not using filepro much anymore... but I need to help someone with a problem.
> 
> Unix OS 5.2, FP 4.8
> 
> This person just moved from using an HP LaserJet 2100 to an HP LaserJet 4250.  I thought it would be unbox, plug, priint.  Indeed, a simple one page report will priint and basic print codes like condensed print works.  
> 
> But if he prints a report that is two or more pages, after the first page he just gets fragments of the report on multiple pages.  Likewise, if he tries to print say a three line report for two records (should come out as three lines on two different sheets of paper) he gets all the data on one page.
> 
> It seems that something is messed up with the page length or the code that sends a page feed.
> 
> In Filepro the printer definition is HPLaserJetL.  The 4250 is set with a PCL personality and "Append CR to LF" is set to "yes."  I'm no doubt missing something obvious, but can't find it.  
> 
> I'm sitting at the computer now and would love some help in the next few minutes... remote chance, but if anyone is reading this on Tuesday at 4:05 PM EST and has any ideas I'd surely appreciate hearing from you.  Thanks.
> 
> -Lee
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> Lee Walker
> Cross Lanes, WV
> leefp1 at charter.net
> walkking at suddenlink.net
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