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Re: Problems with generic text printer driver

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From: D. Vlack
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:51
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In article <1993Jan21.211712.20921@afit.af.mil> cbrooks@afit.af.mil (Christopher L Brooks) writes:
>I'm trying to use this driver to send raw ASCII to a file, but
>each application with which I try to use the built-in
>generic text driver gives me a different error.  Some say bad
>driver, others say out of memory, etc.
>
>Has anyone else had this problem?  Anyone know a fix?
>
>By the way, this error occurs whether I try to print to LPT1: or
>FILE.

I had a problem like this and it turned out that Adobe type manager
and the generic driver are incompatible. Turn off ATM, exit windows,
re-enter windows, then try it. A royal pain. Anyone know if the latest
ATM fixes this? Mine is old (1.1 I think).

Dave Vlack cptvideo@ixstar.att.com
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