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In <3f2lcc$ilc@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>, rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (Robin Vowels) writes:
>	Matt Bruce <matt@perth.DIALix.oz.au> writes:
>	> ---Did you check that your printer cable has all the wires present?
>	> In OS/2 ver 3, they changed the way in which OS/2 communicates
>	> with the printer (interrupt to polling).  The new method requires
>	> the full set of wires.  You might also try another
>	> similar driver.  But check out the cable first!
>


>---That's right.  It'll work fine on DOS with anything, but it won't work
>on OS/2 ver 3 unless the printer cable has the full set of wires.  If it has only
>some of the wires, it will work under DOS, but it WON'T work in OS/2 ver 3.
>
>   As I already explained, the method of communicating with peripherals was
>changed from earlier versions of OS/2.
>
 
Actually the change was to make it easier to print with cables that don't
have the full set of wires and to eliminate the conflict that using IRQ7 
for printers caused with stuff such as the SOUNDBLASTER.  WARP does not
use the IRQ now.  But, since he is having problems then the best first fix
attempt should be to put  /IRQ on the PRINT01.SYS statement... i.e.,
BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS /IRQ

He should also go into the Windows control panel and select printer, then do a
connect with LPT1:-OS2 or what ever port his printer is on but select the -OS2 
option and make it his default.

Hope this helps.
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Gene Gough               Certified OS/2 Engineer               Team OS/2
                           ggough@mindspring.com
                           DWJG89A on PRODIGY
                           IBM Talklink HONE81(WZ00174)
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