OSCPROFF - PRINTER-ERRORS WITH OS/2 WARP
01/17/96

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                    Printer-Errors with OS/2 Warp
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DESCRIPTION

After installing OS/2 Warp, error messages are received indicating that 
the printer is not responding, or no printer output is received, or the 
output is garbled. Printing was OK with OS/2 2.1, and is OK from DOS 
(dual boot).

If a "Printer offline" message is received when printing with OS/2 
Warp, the /IRQ switch in the CONFIG.SYS BASEDEV statement for PRINT01 
or PRINT02 is not being used.

RESOLUTION

Note: Make sure you have a backup of any file you intend to change.

1. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file and add /IRQ to the BASEDEV=PRINT0x.SYS
   statement.

   This directs the parallel-port device driver to use the interrupt
   method to print, instead of polling, which is the default in OS/2
   Warp.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.

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