Time out error printing

[Robert Johnson]

Hello All

On some HP Deskjets 930, 990cxi we are getting time out errors
when printing documents with more than 1 page, Hp cannot seem to
help as works ok on windows software, we have inserted a delay
before the next page is printed, this works but does anybody now
of a better solution.

We are using PRINT #dev%, and not LPRINT so we can print to
LPT1/2/3

Regards


Bob

[Lance Edmonds]

It is possible to disable timeouts (default setting is 20).

RetryAddr% = &H477 + Port?    ' Port? = 1 for LPT1, 2 for LPT2, etc
def seg = 0                   ' For the peeks and pokes that follow
SaveTries% = peek(RetryAddr%) ' Save the current setting
poke RetryAddr%, 255          ' Set to 1-255 retries, 0 = infinite
def seg

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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[Robert Johnson]

Many Thanks Lance

We will try it out

Bob



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[David J Walker]

ON ERROR GOTO RETRY
.
.
RETRY:



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[David J Walker]

I use something like this:

errs% = 0
ON ERROR GOTO RETRY

(PRINT STUFF)

EXIT SUB

RETRY:
IF err% = %TIMEOUT THEN rem whatever %TIMEOUT is
errs% = errs% + 1
IF errs% > (some suitable number) THEN
Waitabit
RESUME
ELSE
Take appropriate action
END IF
ELSE
PRINT "Some other Error"
Do something else
END IF
Removes the possibility of waiting forever!
About the only time I let code out with ON ERROR is printer stuff!

(Later....)
Upon reflection, I prefer Lance's! Thanks Lance!
(I dont know where the first post came from!)


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[This message has been edited by David J Walker (edited November 16, 2001).]