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Slow printing in full screen WIN-OS2

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From: Larry Bauer
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:13
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I've had real problems with printing in WIN-OS2.  After giving the command
to print in any Windows app (Write 3.0, Winword 1.1, Excel 2.1), the first
page appears to spool, and then stop (I have Print Manager disabled,
according to suggestions in FAQ, so the OS/2 spooler should take over). 
Printing begins, the print counter in the application stops at page 2 and
waits for the first page to print.  Then the second page begins to print,
but doesn't spool--the application print counter stays on page 2 until it
slowly prints and exits the printer. 

My hardware is an IBM model 70 (16mHz) with 6Mb of RAM and 60Mb hard disk.
The printer is a HP DeskJet Plus using the supplied printer driver for
WIN-OS2 and the beta driver for OS/2.  I'm using OS/2 2.0 with the service
pack installed--note that the same problem occurred _before_ I installed
the service pack.

What I'd like to happen is for the WIN-OS2 print job to spool out and
return control of the system.  I know the OS/2 print spooler is working
'cause this is what occurs when I use MS Word 5.0 as an OS/2 app.

I hope the answer isn't "get more memory", because to expand this system
I'd have to buy an expansion card in addition to SIMMS--I'm trying to save
my $$ for a new system.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Larry
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