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Summary:

In <6200035@inmet> bcking@inmet.UUCP writes:
>
>			80286 vs. NEC Printers
>
>The Problem:
>    We have (leased) a Compaq Portable II, and with it a NEC P7 printer.
>    We have had printer problems, specifically time-outs.  In particular,
>    Lotus 1-2-3 gets an "ERROR" condition while printing a particular work-
>    sheet, although if the worksheet is saved in a file and DOS is used to
>    print it, it prints fine.

I have had similar problems using Microsoft Word 2.1 and a NEC P5XL on an
8 MHz AT-clone.  Every 1/2 - 2 pages it tells me my printer isn't ready.

Perhaps they have a screwy way of handling the 8K buffer in the printer.  If
it waits until there are only a few characters left before fetching more from 
the AT, I could see where some software might time out.

I just upgraded to Word 3.0, but I haven't had a chance to hack on their awful
printer driver enough to print any of my files (I just got it this week).
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