I am trying to get a Brother Intellifax 4100 to print reports from an application in Alpha4V8. The 4100 is an all-in-one giving print, copy,
and fax functions. It is attached via LPT1:.
The same application prints successfully under both Windows XP and
Windows 98. The Windows 98 version has a similar Brother Intellifax
4100 Printer (via LPT1:).
The identical system that was running on the Windows 98 system
(application and printer) was copied to an eMachine running Vista.
Control Panel > Printers > Right-click on [Brother Intellifax] icon >
Properties > Print Test Page works just fine. So we know that Vista
can talk to the printer. WordPad also can print to it, so we also
know that some applications can reach the printer. So far, every-
thing looks normal.
In attempting to install and try different print drivers, then print
reports, I first tried the DOS drivers. The best I was able to get was a message on the 4100 saying "RECEIVED DATA", but no print, followed by either "SLEEP" or "ONLINE" on the second line. Windows drivers do not
work at all. I haven't tried using Typeset.
With all the DOS drivers, a certain percentage of them should
have printed something, even if it was mixed with garbage. Besides
it works under Windows 98 and even XP.
So can anybody shed light on the situation, which superficially looks
like an interaction between the application and Vista (or lack of
interaction :-) )?
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By the way, for anybody who cares, I am underwhelmed by Vista. Its
main thrust appears to be improved cosmetics, at a tremendous
performance penalty. You will miss the hourglass and start to hate the
little spinning circle which replaces it. With the hardware I have I
should have had great perfomance, but windows take a long time to
open, a little while after it apparently boots you are still waiting for
things to initialize, or whatever it is doing. In the beginning, I resisted
XP, just because, but in use, it seems to be a tremendous improve-
ment over Windows 98 (we won't even acknowledge the existence
of "Me"), especially in recognizing and installing automatically a wide
range of devices.
The client bought the machine and Vista came with it, Who'da thought?
If it was up to me, I'd still be using DOS.
Help?
and fax functions. It is attached via LPT1:.
The same application prints successfully under both Windows XP and
Windows 98. The Windows 98 version has a similar Brother Intellifax
4100 Printer (via LPT1:).
The identical system that was running on the Windows 98 system
(application and printer) was copied to an eMachine running Vista.
Control Panel > Printers > Right-click on [Brother Intellifax] icon >
Properties > Print Test Page works just fine. So we know that Vista
can talk to the printer. WordPad also can print to it, so we also
know that some applications can reach the printer. So far, every-
thing looks normal.
In attempting to install and try different print drivers, then print
reports, I first tried the DOS drivers. The best I was able to get was a message on the 4100 saying "RECEIVED DATA", but no print, followed by either "SLEEP" or "ONLINE" on the second line. Windows drivers do not
work at all. I haven't tried using Typeset.
With all the DOS drivers, a certain percentage of them should
have printed something, even if it was mixed with garbage. Besides
it works under Windows 98 and even XP.
So can anybody shed light on the situation, which superficially looks
like an interaction between the application and Vista (or lack of
interaction :-) )?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
By the way, for anybody who cares, I am underwhelmed by Vista. Its
main thrust appears to be improved cosmetics, at a tremendous
performance penalty. You will miss the hourglass and start to hate the
little spinning circle which replaces it. With the hardware I have I
should have had great perfomance, but windows take a long time to
open, a little while after it apparently boots you are still waiting for
things to initialize, or whatever it is doing. In the beginning, I resisted
XP, just because, but in use, it seems to be a tremendous improve-
ment over Windows 98 (we won't even acknowledge the existence
of "Me"), especially in recognizing and installing automatically a wide
range of devices.
The client bought the machine and Vista came with it, Who'da thought?
If it was up to me, I'd still be using DOS.
Help?