Printer Setup Question - 2nd Attempt

[Nancy Palmquist]

Art Moore wrote:

> THIS MAY BE A DUPLICATE AND IF SO PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY.  I NEVER SAW 
> IT POSTED AND NEVER SAW ANY REPLIES.  IN FACT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY 
> FILEPRO MAIL ALL DAY.  THANKS AND SORRY!!!
>  
> I am embarrassed to ask this question but setting up printers in filePro 
> is not something my work required I do more times than I have fingers on 
> one hand - so I need a little help since I have done everything I 
> understand to do and still cannot print.
>  
> I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 portable computer and a Dell #922 (Photo All 
> In One) Printer.  Printing from EXCEL, Word and all other printing tried 
> thus far works fine.
>  
> The port used is of the USB type.
>  
> I have created a printer named 'dillon'; used 4P-HP as the printer type 
> (for the sake of choosing one); entered USB1 for destination file (where 
> I used lpt1 before USB ports available) (when I used lpt1 I got the 
> error message of 'cannot open printer').  I have also marked it as the 
> Default Printer.

It may not be a printer that will work, but you are not directing the 
output to the printer correctly.

For the destination use one of the following:

WIN:[WINDOWS PRINTER NAME]  - Any printer that is listed on your windows 
printer choices - could be a network printer.

or

\\computername\ShareNameforPrinter  - network printer

If your printer does not respond to this type of printing, from filePro 
then AnzioWin is the solution (or printwiz from Anzio) - read Walters 
response on that.

>  
> When I do HardCopy or Request a Report nothing happens.  With doing a 
> full report (vs Hardcopy) everything goes as expected with the menu 
> re-appearing on the screen but nothing prints.
>  
> Any suggestions to better what I have mentioned (defined/selected) above 
> not to mention make it work would be very much appreciated.
>  
> Two problems I often encountered in the past and hope to avoid this time 
> are:
>  
> 1.  printout (Hardcopy or a Report) never ejected the final page fully - 
> I had to press the eject button on the printer
> 2.  printing on pages subsequent to page one started further down on 
> each page
>  
> THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!
>  
> Art Moore

Nancy

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Nancy Palmquist
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