I think it was after installing the most recent V6 patch that I began having what appeared to be sporadic problems printing. I�m not sure if V6 was the culprit, but I figured this information may help somebody along the way. I have no printer connected directly to my printer, but I print to two printers via our network.
Captured via�
LPT1: HP Deskjet 970
LPT2: HP Laserjet 4+ (an oldie but goodie)
I found that I was having trouble printing to the printer that was captured to LPT2, the HP Laserjet 4+. After a clean reboot and prior to running V6, I would have no trouble whatsoever printing to this printer from any programs. Once I ran V6, I could not print to this printer from any program including V6. Only a reboot would resolve this and the problem would re-occur as soon as V6 was run again.
The windows error message: Spool32 caused an invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0187:bff7a1a5
I considered that something in my database was causing the problem, so I loaded V6 and closed it before running any database. Same problem.
I tried recapturing the printer to the same port � but that did not work. I then began looking around. In �Spool Settings� I noticed that DISABLE BI-DIRECTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PRINTER was selected. For kicks, I selected the ENABLE� option and this resolved the problem - I can now print to this printer again from within V6 and from other programs.
Funny thing, I just went back in there to retrieve accurate information for this posting and notice that both the DISABLE� and ENABLE� options for bi-directional support are dimmed and not selectable.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this information in case it was that last patch for V6 that caused the problem and if anybody was having similar troubles that they might have something to refer to.
Mike
Captured via�
LPT1: HP Deskjet 970
LPT2: HP Laserjet 4+ (an oldie but goodie)
I found that I was having trouble printing to the printer that was captured to LPT2, the HP Laserjet 4+. After a clean reboot and prior to running V6, I would have no trouble whatsoever printing to this printer from any programs. Once I ran V6, I could not print to this printer from any program including V6. Only a reboot would resolve this and the problem would re-occur as soon as V6 was run again.
The windows error message: Spool32 caused an invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0187:bff7a1a5
I considered that something in my database was causing the problem, so I loaded V6 and closed it before running any database. Same problem.
I tried recapturing the printer to the same port � but that did not work. I then began looking around. In �Spool Settings� I noticed that DISABLE BI-DIRECTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PRINTER was selected. For kicks, I selected the ENABLE� option and this resolved the problem - I can now print to this printer again from within V6 and from other programs.
Funny thing, I just went back in there to retrieve accurate information for this posting and notice that both the DISABLE� and ENABLE� options for bi-directional support are dimmed and not selectable.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this information in case it was that last patch for V6 that caused the problem and if anybody was having similar troubles that they might have something to refer to.
Mike
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